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This guide discusses a variety of issues and tools involved in programming under the IRIX(TM) operating system. It describes the components of MIPSpro(TM) compiler system, other programming tools and interfaces, and dynamic shared objects. It also explains ways to improve program performance.

The compiler system produces either 64-bit object code, new 32-bit (n32) object code, or old 32-bit object code. This guide describes the MIPSpro compilers that produce n32-bit and 64-bit objects. For additional information about n32, see the MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook. For information about compilers that produce old 32-bit objects, refer to the MIPS Compiling and Performance Tuning Guide.


What This Guide Contains
What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide
Suggestions for Further Reading
Conventions Used in This Guide

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