MLton 20011006

[Matthew Fluet]

> > > I did have one problem: the memory-adjustment
> > > routines are still not in place.  My initial attempt at compiling on a
> > > 0.5GB machine thrashed.  Adding `max-heap 400m' in the appropriate
> > > spot fixed everything.
> > 
> > Anyone else have any ideas?  I'm stumped.
> 
> My only guess is that 85% RAM on Norman's machine is just too much.  It
> doesn't really matter how much memory beyond what's really free you grab;
> once you start thrashing, the entire thing slows to a crawl.

Also, Anoq said that the RAM usage problem went away for him.