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RunningOnAMD64
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MLton runs fine on the AMD64 (aka "x86-64" or "x64") architecture.

== Notes ==

* When compiling for AMD64, MLton targets the 64-bit ABI.

* On AMD64, MLton supports native code generation (`-codegen native` or `-codegen amd64`).

* When compiling for AMD64, MLton uses `-align 8` by default.  Using
`-align 4` may be incompatible with optimized builds of the <:GnuMP:>
library, which assume 8-byte alignment.  (See the thread at
http://www.mlton.org/pipermail/mlton/2009-October/030674.html for more
details.)
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	4	MLton runs fine on the AMD64 (aka "x86-64" or "x64") architecture.
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	6	== Notes ==
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	8	* When compiling for AMD64, MLton targets the 64-bit ABI.
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	10	* On AMD64, MLton supports native code generation (`-codegen native` or `-codegen amd64`).
	11
	12	* When compiling for AMD64, MLton uses `-align 8` by default. Using
	13	`-align 4` may be incompatible with optimized builds of the <:GnuMP:>
	14	library, which assume 8-byte alignment. (See the thread at
	15	http://www.mlton.org/pipermail/mlton/2009-October/030674.html for more
	16	details.)