[MLton] using MLBs for scripting
Daniel C. Wang
danwang@CS.Princeton.EDU
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:44:01 -0400
I guess, what is lost on me is how "scripting" differs from just ordinary
usage of MLTon. Do you just want #! to do something sensible?
Is your goal to eliminate all the sh script wrappers that currently invoke
MLTon and replace them with an MLton "script"?
I guess, I'm trying to understand what applications really would benefit
from what's being proposed. Given a choice between sh programming and
programming in SML. I suspect "sh" syntax and semantics is far more useful
than SML for most of what I consider "scripting".
Stephen Weeks wrote:
>>What's the real motivation? Just to take advantage of the byte-code
>>interpreter?
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> The motivation is to be able to do scripting with MLton, and to be
> able to use a single file for a script.