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   1 ManualPage
   2 ==========
   3
   4 MLton is run from the command line with a collection of options
   5 followed by a file name and a list of files to compile, assemble, and
   6 link with.
   7
   8 ----
   9 mlton [option ...] file.{c|mlb|o|sml} [file.{c|o|s|S} ...]
  10 ----
  11
  12 The simplest case is to run `mlton foo.sml`, where `foo.sml` contains
  13 a valid SML program, in which case MLton compiles the program to
  14 produce an executable `foo`.  Since MLton does not support separate
  15 compilation, the program must be the entire program you wish to
  16 compile.  However, the program may refer to signatures and structures
  17 defined in the <:BasisLibrary:Basis Library>.
  18
  19 Larger programs, spanning many files, can be compiled with the
  20 <:MLBasis:ML Basis system>.  In this case, `mlton foo.mlb` will
  21 compile the complete SML program described by the basis `foo.mlb`,
  22 which may specify both SML files and additional bases.
  23
  24 == Next Steps ==
  25
  26 * <:CompileTimeOptions:>
  27 * <:RunTimeOptions:>