ML IDE and Compiler for Windows or Linux

Question

I have to write some code in ML and it is my first time I`m going to use the language. Is there any Development Environment for Standard ML? (preferably under Windows). I tried googling (and stackOverFlowing ! ) but all I found was plain compilers for Linux (at most with an interactive console), but no IDE nor Eclipse/NetBeans plugin. Any suggestions ?

Answer 1

For SML a few Emacs modes exist. Check http://mlton.org/Emacs for more information.

The sml-mode should provide you a good environment for writing SML code. Eclipse & Co. were developed due to the fact that java requires a lot of boilerplate stuff like accessors, adapters and so on. If you require same features for ML then you should double-check whether you are not over-engineering.

Edit: and by the way, SMLNJ ships with an eclipse plugin. I can't post a link though, just google for smlnj eclipse .

Answer 2

When working with SML on Windows, I've been using SML/NJ for compiling and Notepad++ for editing (Notepad++ has syntax coloring for Caml, which should be identical to SML for your needs).

As mentioned, for ML a simple editor should be enough.