Re: [Sml-implementers] SML IDE as language promotion

[Alexandre <Xle...@ra...>]

Nick,

that's nice, but currently, I'm on Mac OS X. Another working platforms=20=

- it's FreeBSD and Linux. Nor .NET nor Visual Studio exist on that=20
platforms. Even if they are - there is an another reason: I want=20
compiled, fast and independent (from some big framework) programs -=20
.NET didn't give me such an opportunity.

As MLWorks, you notice absolutely right - "It's also worth=20
remembering". Memory - it's a good thing, but now there is no such=20
product.

Please, correct me, if I'm wrong.


Regards,
/Alexandre.

On Mar 12, 2005, at 15:34, Nick Benton wrote:

> SML.NET is integrated into Visual Studio (and so too are F# and even
> Haskell now).
>
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/TSG/SMLNET/
>
> You can write mixed-language projects (e.g. SML/C#/VB, which is
> particularly handy if you want to use the visual designers to generate
> C# for a GUI with SML logic behind). You get syntax highlighting,
> bracket matching, continuous syntax and type-checking, you can hover
> over expressions and patterns to see their type, Intellisense=20
> completion
> on both .NET and SML libraries, source code debugging (set =
breakpoints,
> step through mixed-language code, examine bindings, etc.).
>
> It's also worth remembering that, way back in the last century,
> Harlequin's now-defunct MLWorks system had an ML-specific development
> environment with some pretty nice features.
>
>   Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Alexandre
> Sent: 11 March 2005 20:52
> To: sml...@li...;
> sml...@li...
> Subject: [Sml-implementers] SML IDE as language promotion
>
> Dear subscribers,
>
> I just re-read article "Why no one use functional languages" (you can
> find it here:
> http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/papers/sigplan-why/sigplan-
> why.ps).
>
> At that article you might notice absolutely fair notice about tools =
(no
>
> one will encouraged to use new language without good tools). I hope =
you
>
> will agree, that IDE is really useful and important tool, but I can't
> find such a tool for an SML. There is Eclipse development for Haskell,
> OCaml (which actually has already they own native IDE), but not for
> SML, while there are so many implementations and developers of SML
> Language.
>
> Don't you think that such a good tools will "promote" language and
> probably gives more "forces" (people) for the language?
>
> What about some type of collaboration to bring new developer tools to
> the users?
>
>
> Regards,
> /Alexandre.
>
>
>
>
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