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From: mikef@cs.ed.ac.uk (Mike Fourman)
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Subject: Re: Effort estimation based on language
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Date: 8 Feb 91 08:33:46 GMT
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In article <1991Feb07.204301.7022@convex.com> romero@convex.com (Paco Romero) writes:
>I think Standard ML is one of the best modern (post-Algol) programming languages.  It's cheap
>too.  It's functional, but compiled in its best implementation, and very, very expressive.

Agreed! - but htere are at least three good implementations - which is
best for you will depend on your budget, your hardware, your need to integrate
with software in other languages, the importance you place on adherence to
standards etc.

I'm thinking of PolyML NLML POPLOG/ML - I know of other good compilers
being developed.



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