I know you didn't ask for this, but here is a gentle introduction to ML http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/course-notes/sml/manual.html http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/cou

I know you didn't ask for this, but here is a gentle introduction to ML http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/course-notes/sml/manual.html http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/course-notes/sml/manual.html :P