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<h1>StandardMLHistory</h1>
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<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="StandardML">Standard ML</a> grew out of <a href="ML">ML</a> in the early 1980s.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>For an excellent overview of SML&#8217;s history, see <a href="References#MacQueenEtAl20">The
History of Standard ML</a>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>For an abbreviated overview of SML&#8217;s history, see Appendix F of the
<a href="DefinitionOfStandardML">Definition</a>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>For an overview if its history before 1982, see <a href="References#Milner82"> How
ML Evolved</a>.</p></div>
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