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

	

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

	

	ML
     Meta Language

	

	ML
     Mail List

	

	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].

	

	ml
     
         The country code for Mali.
     
        (1999-01-27)