[9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[Dan Cross]

I seem to recall that there used to be a version of SML/NJ for Plan 9.
Does anyone know if such a thing still exists?  I can find no mention
of it on the SML/NJ web page, the Plan 9 page, or in the FAQ.  Actually,
any SML environment for Plan 9 would be fine....  Thanks!

	- Dan C.

Re: [9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[Howard Trickey]

There was an SML/NJ port to Plan 9 for the MIPS and Sparc architectures
(done by Sean Dorward, and continued by me for a while), but never one for
the x86 architecture.  There is a fair amount of work involved in doing a
port (dealing with different assembly language formats, reconciling
different calling conventions) and the port fell into disuse about 5 years
ago when I stopped working on a project that used SML.
- Howard Trickey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Cross" <cross@math.psu.edu>
> I seem to recall that there used to be a version of SML/NJ for Plan 9.
> Does anyone know if such a thing still exists?  I can find no mention
> of it on the SML/NJ web page, the Plan 9 page, or in the FAQ.  Actually,
> any SML environment for Plan 9 would be fine....  Thanks!

Re: [9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[Dan Cross]

In article <009c01c074ea$01d74bb0$62356887@HWTPC> you write:
>There was an SML/NJ port to Plan 9 for the MIPS and Sparc architectures
>(done by Sean Dorward, and continued by me for a while), but never one for
>the x86 architecture.  There is a fair amount of work involved in doing a
>port (dealing with different assembly language formats, reconciling
>different calling conventions) and the port fell into disuse about 5 years
>ago when I stopped working on a project that used SML.

Thanks Howard.  Looks like I might be out of luck for now.
The Acme paper mentions someone who really digs Acme but
programs almost eclusively in SML, might that be you?

Perhaps one of the other ML implementations would be somewhat
easier to port under the APE....  Thanks again.

	- Dan C.

Re: [9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[William K. Josephson]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 04:08:33PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote:

> Perhaps one of the other ML implementations would be somewhat
> easier to port under the APE....  Thanks again.

Perhaps Moscow ML?

 -WJ

Re: [9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[Howard Trickey]

Yeah, that was me.  I worked on Plan 9 pretty much since its inception,
until about 1992 or 1993, and then I spent two years on a largish SML
program to enforce database constraints, a joint project with someone who
worked on UNIX but I wanted to work on SML.  And I was for a long time the
only real Acme user besides Rob.  I liked it a lot.

Unfortunately these days I'm working on another project (wireless
optimization) that is required to work on Windows, so I've been programming
on the dark side for a year or so...

- Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Cross" <cross@math.psu.edu>
> Thanks Howard.  Looks like I might be out of luck for now.
> The Acme paper mentions someone who really digs Acme but
> programs almost eclusively in SML, might that be you?
>
> Perhaps one of the other ML implementations would be somewhat
> easier to port under the APE....  Thanks again.
>
> - Dan C.
>
>

Re: [9fans] SML for Plan 9?

[Richard Miller]

> Perhaps one of the other ML implementations would be somewhat
> easier to port under the APE....  Thanks again.

Would Caml Light be useful? (http://caml.inria.fr) I was using it under
2nd edition Plan 9 a few years back.  Email me if you would like a copy.

-- Richard Miller