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NAME
     sml - the interactive Standard ML of New Jersey system

SYNOPSIS
     sml [SML-OPTIONS] [OPTIONS] [FILES]

DESCRIPTION
     Standard  ML of New Jersey is an incremental, interactive compiler that ac-
     cepts SML declarations and expressions to be evaluated from standard input.

OPTIONS
     -32
	 run the 32-bit version of the SML/NJ system (currently the default).

     -64
	 run the 64-bit version of the SML/NJ system. This option  only  applies
	 to the x86-64 (aka amd64) architecture.

     @SMLwordsize
	 echo  the  wordsize  (i.e.,  either 32 or 64) of the system to standard
	 output and then exit. (This option was added in version 110.97).

     @SMLversion
	 echo the command name and SML/NJ version (e.g.,  "sml	110.99.6.1")  to
	 standard output and then exit.

     @SMLload=IMAGE
	 specifies  the name of the heap-image file to load. The heap suffix can
	 be omitted as long as there there is not a file of the same name.

     @SMLcmdname=NAME
	 set the command name; this is the value returned by CommandLine.name().

     @SMLsuffix
	 echo the heap suffix for the system to standard output and then exit

     @SMLalloc=SIZE
	 Specify the prefered size of the allocation area

     @SMLrun=RUNTIME
	 specifies runtime system

     @SMLquiet
	 load heap image silently (default)

     @SMLverbose
	 show heap image load progress

     @SMLobjects
	 show list of executable objects

     @SMLdebug=FILE
	 write debugging info to file

     -Cctl=value
	 set the control ctl to value.

     -Dname=value
	 define the CM variable name to have the given value.

     -D'name
	 define the CM variable name to have the value 1.

     -Uname
	 remove any definition of the CM variable name.

     -H
	 produce complete help listing

     -h
	 produce minimal help listing

     -hlevel
	 help with obscurity limit

     -S
	 list all the controls along with their default value

     -slevel
	 print a limited list of settings. The number of levels of  the  control
	 heirarchy  is	controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the
	 heirarchy.

     -E
	 list all the controls along with their corresponding environment  vari-
	 ables

     -elevel
	 print	a limited list of environment variables; The number of levels of
	 the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing  just  the
	 root of the heirarchy.

     -m
	 switch to CM.make

     -a
	 switch to CM.autoload; default

     file.cm
	 run  CM.make  or  CM.autoload	on  file.cm  and  then return to the SML
	 prompt. Which command is run is determined by the -m and -a flags.

     file.sig
	 execute use file.sig before entering the SML top-level loop.

     file.sml
	 (use) execute use file.sml before entering the SML top-level loop.

     file.fun
	 (use) execute use file.fun before entering the SML top-level loop.

AUTHOR
     sml(1) was originally created by Andrew Appel and David MacQueen  in  1987.
     The  system  is currently maintained by Matthias Blume, David MacQueen, and
     John Reppy.

SEE-ALSO
     smlnj(7)

     Standard ML of New Jersey website <https://smlnj.org>

COPYING
     Copyright (C) 2020 The Fellowship of SML/NJ

     This is free software; see the source for copying	 conditions.  There   is
     NO  warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
     POSE.

SML/NJ				   2024-10-25				  SML(1)
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