briefly describes IRIX,
the UNIX standards with which it complies, and the features added
beyond UNIX to support the graphics and multiprocessing
capabilities of Silicon Graphics platforms.
tells you about the tools
Silicon Graphics provides to help you develop a graphical user
interface for your application.
Chapter 5, "Software Development Tools," (14 pages)
describes the tools
you can use to compile, debug, and tune your application. It also
tells you about configuration management and version control software.
provides an introduction
to the application libraries you can use for graphics, image
processing, digital media, and printer/scanner management
applications.