[MLton] Re: Bug#220046: mlton: Build-Depends on itself

[Stephen Weeks]

> How does Debian solve the gcc/binutils self-dependency?

gcc is a "build-essential" (i.e. magic) package that is assumed to
always exist.

> > All SML compilers that I know of are written in SML.  So, in order to
> > get into that world, some SML compiler must break the cycle.  I think
> > MLton is as good a choice as any.
> 
> Of course, SML/NJ will (rightly) claim that you can't use MLton to compile
> SML/NJ (because they use non-SML extensions).

True enough.