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From: des@elberton.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
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Subject: Re: X windows and functional languages
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Date: 1 Feb 90 10:06:51 GMT
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In article <12729@cs.yale.edu> briscoe-duke@CS.YALE.EDU (Duke Briscoe) writes:
>I don't know of anyone who has actually interfaced X to a purely
>functional language.

there's some sort of X interface option to Standard ML from Edinburgh -
I've not used it but I know there is a X option in building it. I think
sml@lfcs.ed.ac.uk is the mail address to contact for details.

david shepherd
INMOS ltd

ps of course this all depends whether you consider SML to be a
functional language :-)