Well of course there is a Windows installer for the latest release version of Poly/ML at http://sourceforge.net/projects/polyml/files/polyml/5.5.2/ . The source for the installer is included in the source files but it needs Visual Studio and Wix ( http://wixtoolset.org/ ).

David

On 15/09/2015 15:00, Artella Coding wrote:

I saw your comment at http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-September/001620.html

"I have the impression that there are two different classes of users when it comes to Poly/ML on Windows. Users from a Windows background expect the application to come with an installer, a Windows GUI and to support the standard copy-and-paste, in particular with the standard control-C/control-V key bindings."

and thought I would forward you the below, because it confirms what you say.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrej Bauer <andrej.bauer at andrej.com> Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:20 PM Subject: Re: Course programming language To: Artella Coding <artella.coding at googlemail.com>

This is a completely different thing: until there is a Windows-style installer where students just click through things it's a show stopper. That is the reality of today's stdents (of math).

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Artella Coding <artella.coding at googlemail.com> wrote:

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https://twitter.com/andrejbauer/status/643158821083418625

p.s. if you were also considering Standard ML you could try the

instructions

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David Matthew gave to build from source.

http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-August/001593.html http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-August/001602.html

All you need is msys2 and the rest is pretty seamless.