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

	

	ml
    n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
         [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic
         centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]

	

	ML
       Mail List

	

	ML
       Maintenance Lead (JCP)

	

	ML
       Meta Language

	

	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].

   (2006-07-21)

	

	ml

    The country code for Mali.

   (1999-01-27)