ML Resources

• SML of New Jersey: This is the best single resource for SML. You can download SML from here (download version 110.58 or higher). You will also find many, many resources available from this page (books, tutorials, etc).

• Configuring SML on Windows: A new file I just created as I set up SML on my home Windows machine. Please report any errors/bugs to Stuart.

• Notes on using ML inside emacs: These are notes written by Dan Grossman about using SML from inside of emacs.

• Resource page for the Ullman ML book: The most useful features on this page are the answers to starred exercises and the errata. If you search diligently, you'll find a reference to me.

• ML Basis Library: This is the ML equivalent of the Java API documentation. It documents a series of libraries that are available in ML. You can "open" one of these (the equivalent of a Java import) or you can use the dot notation to refer to them. For example, you might say "open String" to get access to all String functions or you can refer to them using the dot notation, as in "String.substring".

• Start the interpreter by typing "sml".

• Terminate each of your expressions with a semicolon. If you forget the semicolon or enter an incomplete expression, the interpreter will type "=" to indicate that it is expecting more input.

• You can type control-C to terminate the evaluation of an expression. This is useful when you get infinite recursion or when you mistype an expression and want to start over.

• To exit the program, type control-D in unix, control-Z on Windows.