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1 MLton
2 =====
3
4 == What is MLton? ==
5
6 MLton is an open-source, whole-program, optimizing
7 <:StandardML:Standard ML> compiler.
8
9 == What's new? ==
10
11 * 20180207: Please try out our latest release, <:Release20180207:MLton 20180207>.
12
13 * 20140730: http://www.cs.rit.edu/%7emtf[Matthew Fluet] and
14 http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/%7elziarek[Lukasz Ziarek] have been
15 awarded an http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810[NSF
16 CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI)] grant titled "Positioning MLton
17 for Next-Generation Programming Languages Research;" read the award
18 abstracts
19 (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1405770[Award{nbsp}#1405770]
20 and
21 http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1405614[Award{nbsp}#1405614])
22 for more details.
23
24 == Next steps ==
25
26 * Read about MLton's <:Features:>.
27 * Look at <:Documentation:>.
28 * See some <:Users:> of MLton.
29 * https://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20180207[Download] MLton.
30 * Meet the MLton <:Developers:>.
31 * Get involved with MLton <:Development:>.
32 * User-maintained <:FAQ:>.
33 * <:Contact:> us.