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26 <h1>CompilerOverview</h1>
30 <div class="sectionbody">
31 <div class="paragraph"><p>The following table shows the overall structure of the compiler.
32 <a href="IntermediateLanguage">IntermediateLanguage</a>s are shown in the center column. The names
33 of compiler passes are listed in the left and right columns.</p></div>
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44 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" colspan="3" ><p class="tableblock"><strong>Compiler Overview</strong></p></td>
47 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><em>Translation Passes</em></p></td>
48 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><em><a href="IntermediateLanguage">IntermediateLanguage</a></em></p></td>
49 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><em>Optimization Passes</em></p></td>
52 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
53 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">Source</p></td>
54 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
57 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="FrontEnd">FrontEnd</a></p></td>
58 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
59 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
62 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
63 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="AST">AST</a></p></td>
64 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
67 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="Elaborate">Elaborate</a></p></td>
68 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
69 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
72 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
73 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="CoreML">CoreML</a></p></td>
74 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="CoreMLSimplify">CoreMLSimplify</a></p></td>
77 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="Defunctorize">Defunctorize</a></p></td>
78 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
79 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
82 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
83 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="XML">XML</a></p></td>
84 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="XMLSimplify">XMLSimplify</a></p></td>
87 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="Monomorphise">Monomorphise</a></p></td>
88 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
89 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
92 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
93 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SXML">SXML</a></p></td>
94 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SXMLSimplify">SXMLSimplify</a></p></td>
97 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="ClosureConvert">ClosureConvert</a></p></td>
98 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
99 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
102 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
103 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SSA">SSA</a></p></td>
104 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SSASimplify">SSASimplify</a></p></td>
107 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="ToSSA2">ToSSA2</a></p></td>
108 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
109 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
112 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
113 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SSA2">SSA2</a></p></td>
114 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="SSA2Simplify">SSA2Simplify</a></p></td>
117 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="ToRSSA">ToRSSA</a></p></td>
118 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
119 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
122 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
123 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="RSSA">RSSA</a></p></td>
124 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="RSSASimplify">RSSASimplify</a></p></td>
127 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="ToMachine">ToMachine</a></p></td>
128 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
129 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
132 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
133 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="Machine">Machine</a></p></td>
134 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
137 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"><a href="Codegen">Codegen</a></p></td>
138 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
139 <td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock"></p></td>
143 <div class="paragraph"><p>The <span class="monospaced">Compile</span> functor (<a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/main/compile.sig"><span class="monospaced">compile.sig</span></a>,
144 <a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/main/compile.fun"><span class="monospaced">compile.fun</span></a>), controls the
145 high-level view of the compiler passes, from <a href="FrontEnd">FrontEnd</a> to code
146 generation.</p></div>
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