I hit the MLton-wall! :)

Stephen Weeks MLton@sourcelight.com
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:03:51 -0800 (PST)


> I'm also wondering - if you say that you generate multiple
> files, is it then going to be "less-than-whole-program"
> optimization?

No.  This is just a decision in the very last part of the code generator as to
how large assembly files should be.

> But I guess generating native ASM should give a
> performance boost in itself :)

Yep.  We've already seen some.