[W/K] :: ML

  ml \ml\, n.
     milliliter; -- the IS standard abbreviation. [abbreviation]
     [PJC]

  ml
       n : a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
           [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, cubic
           centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]

  ML
       Meta Language
       
       

  ML
       Mail List
       
       

  ML
       
          1.  Manipulator Language.  IBM language for handling
          robots.
       
          2.  Meta Language.  R. Milner  et al,
          1973.  A strict higher-order functional language.  It
          was the first language to include polymorphic typing which
          was statically-checked.  It also had garbage collection and
          a formal semantics.
       
          It began as the metalanguage for the Edinburgh LCF proof
          assistant.  (LCF="Logic for Computable Functions") People soon
          noticed that ML could be a useful general programming language
          and stand-alone versions were implemented.  Standard ML
          (SML) is a descendant of these (and related languages such as
          Hope).  The "metalanguage" aspect has long since disappeared
          from the language itself (although there are some systems that
          still use it that way).  The historical name is now so
          inappropriate that asking what ML stands for is like asking
          what C or Unix stands for.  It doesn't stand for anything;
          it just is.
       
          LCF ML was implemented in Stanford LISP.  Cardelli (1981)
          implemented ML in Pascal using the Functional Abstract
          Machine (FAM).  It has been significantly redesigned to
          produce Standard ML and Lazy ML.
       
          ["A Metalanguage for Interactive Proof in LCF", M.J.C. Gordon
          et al, 5th POPL, ACM 1978].
       
       

  ml
       
           The country code for Mali.
       
          (1999-01-27)