Cygwin cross compiler

[Stephen Weeks]

> > But by the way - is it possible
> > to create binaries with MLton which does not rely on glibc?
> > (using the native x86 backend?) Because that would give
> > MLton binaries a good advantage over all other Linux binaries :)
> > But I guess the runtime uses it for all the system C-calls.
> > And probably it will give many other problems trying to avoid glibc.
> 
> Yeah, much of the runtime (and to some extent, the basis library) is
> implemented via C calls.  For the most part, it uses the Posix interface,
> which I would guess is a little more stable.

I wish I understood our dependence on glibc better.  Henry, do you
have any light you could shed on the subject?