[comp.sys.sun] PHIGS: C language bindings?

rmr@mimsy.umd.edu (Randy M. Rohrer) (03/06/90)

Does anybody out there know if there is currently an official "C" language
binding for PHIGS? SunPhigs includes a C language binding. However, the
latest Apollo Phigs (v. 1.1) still does not. Apollo Phigs does have a C
procedural interface that uses the FORTRAN style PHIGS language bindings.
My colleagues and I are currently developing PHIGS code in "C" that we
plan on running in both Sun and Apollo environments. If an official C
language binding does exist, we would like to make sure that we are
writing conforming code. In addition, if a standard exists, we would like
to convince Apollo to use it soon.

Any comments or direction would be appreciated.  What does Sun or Apollo
say?
                                 Randy Rohrer
                                 rmr@mimsy.umd.edu

martin@uunet.uu.net (Martin Oakes) (03/08/90)

The ISO C binding for PHIGS is currently at 2nd DP ballot stage.  Assuming
it gets past that hurdle the text will be more-or-less stable.  The ISO
number of the definition is "ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N442".  (Sorry, don't know
the ANSI number.)

Regards:    Martin Oakes   (K-par Systems Ltd.)
            ...!ukc!k-par!martin