What This Guide Contains

What This Guide Contains

This guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, "About the MIPSpro Compiler System," provides an overview of the MIPSpro compiler system.
Chapter 2, "Using the MIPSpro Compiler System," describes the components and related tools of the MIPSpro compiler system and explains how to use them.
Chapter 3, "Using Dynamic Shared Objects," explains how to build and use dynamic shared objects.
Chapter 4, "Using the Performance Tools," describes how to use the prof, pixie, and cord commands.
Chapter 5, "Optimizing Program Performance," explains how to reduce program execution time by using optimization options and techniques.
Chapter 6, "Coding for 64-Bit Programs" describes how to write or update code that is portable to 64-bit systems.
Chapter 7, "Porting Code to N32 and 64-Bit Silicon Graphics Systems" explains how to port code from the old 32-bit mode to the new 32-nit mode (n32).

For an overview of the IRIX programming environment and tools available for application programming, see Programming on Silicon Graphics Computer Systems: An Overview.