<s>
MLton	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
whole-program	O
optimizing	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
for	O
Standard	B-Language
ML	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLton	B-Language
development	O
began	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
continues	O
with	O
a	O
worldwide	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
helped	O
to	O
port	O
MLton	B-Language
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLton	B-Language
was	O
a	O
participating	O
organization	O
in	O
the	O
2013	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLton	B-Language
aims	O
to	O
produce	O
fast	O
executables	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
encourage	O
rapid	O
prototyping	O
and	O
modular	B-Architecture
programming	I-Architecture
by	O
eliminating	O
inefficiencies	O
often	O
associated	O
with	O
high-level	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
aims	O
to	O
facilitate	O
large-scale	O
programming	O
through	O
the	O
MLBasis	O
system	O
,	O
simplifying	O
modularity	B-Architecture
and	O
management	O
of	O
namespaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
whole-program	O
compiler	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
notable	O
for	O
lacking	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
top-level	I-Application
,	O
common	O
amongst	O
Standard	B-Language
ML	I-Language
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MLton	B-Language
includes	O
several	O
libraries	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
basis	B-Library
including	O
ML	O
Language	O
Processing	O
Tools	O
with	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
ANTLR	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MLRISC	O
with	O
code	B-Application
generators	I-Application
for	O
reduced	B-Architecture
instruction	I-Architecture
set	I-Architecture
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
implements	O
features	O
that	O
aid	O
in	O
porting	O
code	O
from	O
SML/NJ	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
SML	B-Language
implementations	O
,	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
SML/NJ	O
'	O
s	O
compilation	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
