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RunningOnAlpha
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MLton runs fine on the Alpha architecture.

== Notes ==

* When compiling for Alpha, MLton doesn't support native code
generation (`-codegen native`).  Hence, performance is not as good as
it might be and compile times are longer.  Also, the quality of code
generated by `gcc` is important.  By default, MLton calls `gcc -O1`.
You can change this by calling MLton with `-cc-opt -O2`.

* When compiling for Alpha, MLton uses `-align 8` by default.
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	4	MLton runs fine on the Alpha architecture.
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	6	== Notes ==
	7
	8	* When compiling for Alpha, MLton doesn't support native code
	9	generation (`-codegen native`). Hence, performance is not as good as
	10	it might be and compile times are longer. Also, the quality of code
	11	generated by `gcc` is important. By default, MLton calls `gcc -O1`.
	12	You can change this by calling MLton with `-cc-opt -O2`.
	13
	14	* When compiling for Alpha, MLton uses `-align 8` by default.