[MLton] F# - the future of ML?

[Daniel C. Wang]

Hey the whole point of .NET is cross language interoperability! Parse 
SML syntax, then start porting the Basis Library. I think many OCaml 
folk wish they had the SML Basis library.

Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 6:25 AM, Daniel C. Wang wrote:
>> BTW another nice thing would be if someone changed the F# frontend to 
>> parse SML style syntax. I find Ocaml syntax amazingly confusing when 
>> compared to SML. :)
> You're preaching to the converted; I wish they had started from SML 
> rather than Ocaml.
>
> Nevertheless, any ML is better than no ML, and I am not sure that it 
> would be a good idea to segregate their budding community now.