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Commentary on Standard ML

The full mathematical description of the functional programming language ML was given in Milner, Tofte, and Harper's Definition of Standard ML. This companion volume explains in depth the meaning, or semantic theory, of ML. Together, the two volumes provide a complete understanding of the most prominent of a new group of functional programming languages that includes Haskell and Scheme.In making the Definition easier to understand, the authors not only explain what ML is, they explain why it is. They present some of the rigorous analysis that supports the Definition including a selection of th…