This is an optimizing compiler for ML to Java Bytecode

The ML dialect selected is, roughly speaking:

val
fun
exceptions
datatypes

Installation

To install, clone this project:

git clone https://github.com/j-c-w/mlc
cd mlc

And run the installation executable

./install.sh

Pressing (y) as needed. You may need to install some tools (such as SBT) to build CMLC.

Then, the compiler is executable as:

cmlc <File Name>

Run produced jar files as:

java -jar <Jar name>

Debug Build

To build, install sbt, navigate to this directory and run

sbt

This will open up the SBT interface.

Execute:

one-jar

In the SBT prompt. This will produce a Jar file to compiler to JVM assembler.

Open the debug_install.sh script. In that script set jarfile to the location of the produced jar file (it will likely be the same).

Now, run:

./debug_install

This will create a local in-tree installation that does not require a full-rebuild.