What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide

What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide

This guide is for anyone who wants to program effectively using the MIPSpro compilers. We assume you are familiar with the IRIX (or UNIX®) operating system and a programming language such as C or Fortran. This guide does not explain how to write and compile programs.

This guide does not cover the differences between n32-bit, 64-bit, and 32-bit compilation modes. Refer to MIPSpro Application Porting and Transition Guide and MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook for information about the differences between these modes, language implementation differences, source code porting, compilation issues, and run-time execution.