File install.txt.w32 for Moscow ML 2.00 for Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP (June 2000)


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Moscow ML requires Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP. The
installation requires around 18 MB disk space.


INSTALLING MOSCOW ML (BINARIES ONLY) UNDER WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

(1) Change directory to C:\ and unpack the Moscow ML distribution
    by executing

        unzip win32-mos20bin.zip

    NOTE: You must use a version of unzip that preserves long file
    names, such as Info-Zip or Winzip.

    This creates a directory C:\mosml with subdirectories

    mosml/              readme, install.txt
          bin/          mosml, mosmlc, mosmllex, mosmlyac, camlrunm,
                        and the dynamically loadable libraries
          copyrght/     copyright notices
          doc/          manual.pdf, mosmlref.pdf, mosmllib.pdf, ...
              mosmllib/ HTML-documentation of the Moscow ML library 
          examples/     a few example programs
          lib/          bytecode files and basis library units
          tools/        mosmldep, Makefile.stub

(2) Add C:\mosml\bin to the PATH variable, and set the environment
     variable `mosmllib' to C:\mosml\lib.  

    (a) In the case of Windows 95/98/ME your AUTOEXEC.BAT file should 
        contain something like:

          set PATH=C:\dos;  ...  ;C:\mosml\bin
          set MOSMLLIB=C:\mosml\lib

        The system must be rebooted to enable the new environment 
        variables. 

    (b) In the case of Windows NT/2000/XP, choose 
          Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Advanced 
                | Environment Variables | System Variables | New
        Enter MOSMLLIB as Variable Name and C:\mosml\lib as Variable Value.
        Double-click on Path and add  ;C:\mosml\bin  to the Variable Value.

(3) Start Moscow ML by entering the command line

        mosml
    
To quit Moscow ML, type `quit();' or control-Z and return.


AUTHOR AND CREDITS

Moscow ML was written by
    Sergei Romanenko (roman@keldysh.ru)
    Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences
    Miusskaya Pl. 4, 125047 Moscow, Russia
and Claudio V. Russo (Claudio.Russo@cl.cam.ac.uk), University of Cambridge.
    Thanks to Don Sannella at LFCS, Division of Informatics,
    University of Edinburgh for funding under EPSRC grant GR/K63795
and Peter Sestoft (sestoft@dina.kvl.dk),
    Department of Mathematics and Physics, Royal Veterinary and
    Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, 
    Denmark.  Much of the work was done at the Technical University of
    Denmark, and while visiting AT&T Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA.

Moscow ML owes much to:
    * the CAML Light implementation by Xavier Leroy and Damien Doligez
      (INRIA, Rocquencourt, France); especially the Caml Light bytecode
      generator and the runtime system;
    * the ML Kit by Lars Birkedal, Nick Rothwell, Mads Tofte and David Turner
      (Copenhagen University, Denmark, and Edinburgh University, Scotland);
    * inspiration from the SML/NJ compiler developed at Princeton
      University and AT&T Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA; 
    * the good work by Doug Currie, Flavors Technology, USA, on the
      MacOS port and many improvements; and
    * feedback, contributions, and useful suggestions, in particular
      from Ken Friis Larsen, but also from Jonas Barklund, Mike Gordon,
      Michael Norrish, Konrad Slind, and numerous other people.