[MLton] new release of MLton

Matthew Fluet fluet@cs.cornell.edu
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:20:15 -0500 (EST)


/doc/changelog
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www.mlton.org/changelog

haven't been updated with a summary.

> We are pleased to announce a new release of MLton, the whole-program
> optimizing compiler for Standard ML, available at http://mlton.org/.
> MLton version 20041109 is the first public release since 20040227.
> The major improvements are:
>
>    + New platforms:
>     o x86: FreeBSD 5.x, OpenBSD
>     o PowerPC: Darwin (MacOSX)
>    + Support for MLBasis files, a new mechanism supporting programming
>      in the very large, separate delivery of library sources, and more.
>    + Support for dynamic libraries.
>    + Support for Concurrent ML (CML).
>    + New structures: Int2, Int3, ..., Int31 and Word2, Word3, ..., Word31.
>    + A new form of profiling, -profile count, which can be used to
>      test code coverage.
>    + A bytecode generator.
>    + Data representation improvements.
>
> For more information, go to the MLton home page.
>
>    http://mlton.org/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -- The MLton Team
>
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