What was wrong with SML?

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 What was wrong with SML? [ I hope this article won't be too controversial. My sense is that SML is moribund at this point and serious ML projects that still exist are carried on in OCaml. But I do observe that there was a new SML/NJ version released only six months ago, so perhaps I am mistaken. ] I recently wrote: It was apparent that SML had some major problems. When I encounter