ML could be as fast as C++ and even have manual memory management. Take a look at mlton [1] and manual memory management [2]. Most ml compilers just value compi

ML could be as fast as C++ and even have manual memory management. Take a look at mlton [1] and manual memory management [2]. Most ml compilers just value compile time more. [1] http://mlton.org/Performance http://mlton.org/Performance [2] http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.75.9105&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.75....