Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!sunc5!martin From: martin@sunc5 (RoCCo mArtIn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Does ML exist for the Amiga? Keywords: ML Amiga Message-ID: <1990Oct29.165242.3626@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 29 Oct 90 16:52:42 GMT References: <15710@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1990Oct26.064049.225@engin.umich.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Reply-To: martin@sunc5.UUCP (RoCCo mArtIn) Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Science, Urbana Lines: 22 In article Chuck.Phillips@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Chuck.Phillips) writes: >>>>>> On 26 Oct 90 06:40:49 GMT, gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) said: > >Ralph> In article <15710@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> weebersa@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Steve Weeber) writes: >>Standard ML of New Jersey, for the Amiga? > >Ralph> I'm sure that it wouldn't be too much of a hassle getting it to go >Ralph> on the Amiga (especially with GCC). > Another problem you might have is the way Appel does garbage collection. He does it in a very efficient way, assuming virtual memory AND virtual memory primitives. It's a pretty spiffy idea, generating a page fault when accessing uncollected memory, but not doable on a non-VM machine, alas. However, nothing is keeping someone from simply using Ungar's generational scavenging!!! - Rocco -- Internet: martin@cs.uiuc.edu, or roccom@tahoe.unr.edu Withoutanet: mousketeers@disney.land.fun (ok, so its not very punny ...)