Installation guide

6
Overview of the DIGITAL UNIX
Programming Environment
The DIGITAL UNIX and ULTRIX programming environments are similar
and most of the tools in the DIGITAL UNIX programming environment are
the same as the ULTRIX equivalent tools. However, some differences exist.
This chapter is an overview of those differences, in the following categories:
• Alpha architecture
• Graphical programming environment
• Software development tools
• Other programming tools
• Source file control
• Product installation tools
• Shared libraries
• Standard application programming interfaces (APIs)
• Network programming software
• Distributed services programming software
• Internationalization features
• Event-logging software
• Security
• Curses libraries
6.1 Alpha Architecture
To take advantage of the Alpha architecture, the DIGITAL UNIX
programming environment differs from ULTRIX in the following areas:
• Data representation
• Data access
• Data alignment
• File system
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