[MLton] MLton optimizations

[Matthew Fluet]

> I am using MLton as compiler in my PhD project, and I am very pleased
> with its performance. 

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> For the evaluation of the SML code I generate I am interested in
> knowing which optimizations are performed by MLton, so if you could
> provide me with some pointers to papers, or a list of optimizations,
> this would be a big help.

Currently, the best reference is the web-pages rooted at:
  http://mlton.org/CompilerOverview
particularly those listed under the Optimizations Passes.

One optimization was written up for ICFP01:
  http://mlton.org/References#FluetWeeks01