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MLton is an open source whole-program optimizing compiler for the Standard ML (SML) programming language.MLton aims to produce fast executables and to encourage rapid prototyping and modular programming by eliminating performance penalties often associated with the use of high-level language features.MLton development began in 1997 and continues with a worldwide community of developers and users who have helped to port MLton to a number of platforms.As a whole-program compiler Mlton is notable amongst SML environments such as Standard ML of New Jersey (SML/NJ) for lacking an interactive top level common among most SML implementations [1].