Re: [Embeddedml-user] no subject

[Felix W. <fw...@em...>]

From: "Andrew Harris" <and...@gm...>
Subject: Re: [Embeddedml-user] no subject
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:31:08 -0400

> Hi Felix,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Felix Winkelmann <fw...@em...> wrote:
> > Wow, this looks really interesting. I had no problems following the
> > instructions on the project page and getting example programs to build
> > and run, even though I'm not a regular ML or MLton user.
> 
>    I'm happy you were able to get the compiler working.
> 
> > Now, where are the docs? ;-)
> 
>    Unfortunately we don't have too many docs at this point.  The
> language is based closely on standard ML, although there are a few
> differences.  One major one is that there is no module system.  There
> are only simple "import" statements that allow you to include
> functionality that is either in the current directory or in
> embeddedml/stdlib (which is searched by default).  This has been
> adequate for me, but it's something to keep in mind.

Ok.

> 
>    Another thing to watch out for is that the compiler is currently a
> bit unfriendly about syntactical errors: it will just say "parse
> error: no expression" when it detects a syntax error, and you'll have
> to comment out code to find it.  This might change in the near future,
> but it's currently an annoying problem.  One way to get around it is
> to compile frequently, leaving yourself just a few lines to
> investigate in the case you encounter this problem.
> 
>    If you have particular questions, please feel free to ask on the
> mailing list.  Eventually the email exchanges can be turned into a
> document :)

So if I understand correctly, the C backend of the compiler is
trampoline based, right? Does it perform a general CPS conversion (as
in smlnj), or is this representation only used for optimization?  I
read the announcement that you are holding a presentation for
FringeDC. Would there be any material of this available after the
event?


cheers,
felix

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