[MLton] VC++ as the C compiler for MLton? (Was: Compiler dependencies)

Anoq of the Sun anoq@HardcoreProcessing.com
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:28:05 +0200


Jesper Louis Andersen wrote (2004-06-30):
> Microsoft does not deliver something which looks
> like an usual POSIX environment as far as I know (please say I am wrong, I
> would love it) -- that will make it harder to port.

There are some of the POSIX calls available in Windows, just not all.
E.g. file permissions, symbolic links in the file system are missing etc.
There are also different APIs for timers, signals, memory interface and
other things :-)


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