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| | 26 | <h1>Drawbacks</h1>\r |
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| | 31 | <div class="paragraph"><p>MLton has several drawbacks due to its use of whole-program\r |
| | 32 | compilation.</p></div>\r |
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| | 36 | Large compile-time memory requirement.\r |
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| | 38 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Because MLton performs whole-program analysis and optimization,\r |
| | 39 | compilation requires a large amount of memory. For example, compiling\r |
| | 40 | MLton (over 140K lines) requires at least 512M RAM.</p></div>\r |
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| | 44 | Long compile times.\r |
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| | 46 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Whole-program compilation can take a long time. For example,\r |
| | 47 | compiling MLton (over 140K lines) on a 1.6GHz machine takes five to\r |
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| | 52 | No interactive top level.\r |
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| | 54 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Because of whole-program compilation, MLton does not provide an\r |
| | 55 | interactive top level. In particular, it does not implement the\r |
| | 56 | optional <a href="BasisLibrary">Basis Library</a> function <span class="monospaced">use</span>.</p></div>\r |
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