benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) (08/24/88)
HELP! As a possible newcomer to the sgi world i need help with the following question. How portable is code written for 3000 series SGI machines with the 4D series? Two types of software come to mind : mex-oriented software and those programs that do not use mex but instead use the graphics primitives library. We are about to purchase an sgi machine which *must* run 3000-based (internally-produced) programs...one of the decisions to be made is : if it is easily ported to the the 4D then we will go with a 4D. if not then we will go with a 3000 series. Any helpful opinions gladly received! (obviously if i had my way we would just get a 4D..but reality may be getting in the way :-)