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<h1>IntermediateLanguage</h1>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>MLton uses a number of intermediate languages in translating from the input source program to low-level code.  Here is a list in the order which they are translated to.</p></div>
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<a href="AST">AST</a>.  Pretty close to the source.
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<a href="CoreML">CoreML</a>.  Explicitly typed, no module constructs.
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<a href="XML">XML</a>.  Polymorphic, <a href="HigherOrder">HigherOrder</a>.
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<a href="SXML">SXML</a>.  SimplyTyped, <a href="HigherOrder">HigherOrder</a>.
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<a href="SSA">SSA</a>.  SimplyTyped, <a href="FirstOrder">FirstOrder</a>.
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<a href="SSA2">SSA2</a>.  SimplyTyped, <a href="FirstOrder">FirstOrder</a>.
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<a href="RSSA">RSSA</a>.  Explicit data representations.
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<a href="Machine">Machine</a>.  Untyped abstract machine.
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