Smlpkg: Generic package manager for Standard ML libraries and programs

by Athas • 6 years ago

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Munksgaard• 6 years ago

Interestingly, this package manager is based off of the Futhark package manager (https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2018-08-03-the-present-futhark...), which has a very simple, yet powerful design. It's basically language agnostic, which means the technique could easily be used for other languages as well.

Edit: It's also about time that SML got a proper package manager. Smackage never really worked well.

zelphirkalt• 6 years ago

A while ago, I looked into perhaps learning more SML and looked around for libraries. I did not find much and neither did I find a package manager or a search website for SML libraries. That is why I did not invest more time. iirc I was looking for things like markdown parsers.

If this package manager is good, I might take another look at the ecosystem, learning some more. Then I would also be able to read Purely Functional Datastructures and understand what the code does. That promises some intellectual rewards.

sword_smith• 6 years ago

This is just what SML has been missing since the 90s! Awesome project. It seems to work pretty well already.

Smlpkg: Generic package manager for Standard ML libraries and programs

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