Pretty cool that SMLNJ is (1) still pretty active and (2) moved their backend to LLVM, release upcoming (3) bootstrappable from a minimal-ish toolchain on Linux.

https://github.com/smlnj/smlnj

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@deech Makes me look at the "ML for the working programmer" tome on my shelf with a bit of a sigh. =)
@dwardoric The field is still wide open!
@deech Considering my current stance at computers I may have to port it to Plan9 or Haiku first. 😄