doc/guide/src/CompilingWithSMLNJ.adoc

   1 CompilingWithSMLNJ
   2 ==================
   3
   4 You can compile MLton with <:SMLNJ:SML/NJ>, however the resulting
   5 compiler will run much more slowly than MLton compiled by itself.  We
   6 don't recommend using SML/NJ as a means of
   7 <:PortingMLton:porting MLton> to a new platform or bootstrapping on a
   8 new platform.
   9
  10 If you do want to build MLton with SML/NJ, it is best to have a binary
  11 MLton package installed.  If you don't, here are some issues you may
  12 encounter when you run `make smlnj-mlton`.
  13
  14 You will get (many copies of) the error messages:
  15
  16 ----
  17 /bin/sh: mlton: command not found
  18 ----
  19
  20 and
  21
  22 ----
  23 make[2]: mlton: Command not found
  24 ----
  25
  26 The `Makefile` calls `mlton` to determine dependencies, and can
  27 proceed in spite of this error.
  28
  29 If you don't have an `mllex` executable, you will get the error
  30 message:
  31
  32 ----
  33 mllex: Command not found
  34 ----
  35
  36 Building MLton requires `mllex` and `mlyacc` executables, which are
  37 distributed with a binary package of MLton.  The easiest solution is
  38 to copy the front-end lexer/parser files from a different machine
  39 (`ml.grm.sml`, `ml.grm.sig`, `ml.lex.sml`, `mlb.grm.sig`,
  40 `mlb.grm.sml`).