Ponyo

Ponyo is a comprehensive high-level library and toolkit for Standard ML. It is inspired by POCO (C++), the Go standard library, and the Python standard library. While the Standard ML basis library is (perhaps) surprisingly solid, there are still a number of gaps to fill there and in the Standard ML ecosystem in general.

See ponyo.org for more information, documentation, tutorials, and news.

Prereqs

Poly/ML

Install Poly/ML. You will also need OpenSSL development headers and GNU Make.

MLton

Install MLton. MLton is a bit of a second-class citizen but that should improve over time. In particular, the green-threaded synchronous HTTP server is lousy.

SSL client sockets

SSL client socket support requires special compilation and is not yet supported by the regular Ponyo build process. To build Ponyo with SSL client socket support for MLton, run:

mlton -link-opt -lssl -link-opt -lcrypto <YOURPROJECT>.mlb lib/ssl.c

Installation

Next, choose a path for the Ponyo root. We will assume it is at ~/vendor/ponyo. Add the following lines to your ~/.profile:

PONYO_ROOT=~/vendor/ponyo

Now, download and install Ponyo to the path.

$ cd ~/vendor
$ git clone https://github.com/eatonphil/ponyo
$ cd ponyo
$ make
$ sudo make install

License

2-clause "Simplified BSD" license.