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RunningOnPowerPC
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MLton runs fine on the PowerPC architecture.

== Notes ==

* When compiling for PowerPC, MLton targets the 32-bit PowerPC
architecture.

* When compiling for PowerPC, 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`.

* On the PowerPC, the <:GnuMP:> library supports multiple ABIs.  See
the <:GnuMP:> page for more details.
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	4	MLton runs fine on the PowerPC architecture.
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	6	== Notes ==
	7
	8	* When compiling for PowerPC, MLton targets the 32-bit PowerPC
	9	architecture.
	10
	11	* When compiling for PowerPC, MLton doesn't support native code
	12	generation (`-codegen native`). Hence, performance is not as good as
	13	it might be and compile times are longer. Also, the quality of code
	14	generated by `gcc` is important. By default, MLton calls `gcc -O1`.
	15	You can change this by calling MLton with `-cc-opt -O2`.
	16
	17	* On the PowerPC, the <:GnuMP:> library supports multiple ABIs. See
	18	the <:GnuMP:> page for more details.