Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: mike@bnr-di.uucp (Mike Norman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Questions about Sun workstations Message-ID: <142@bnr-di.UUCP> Date: 29 Nov 88 18:38:06 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 31 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 16 Nov 88 13:59:00 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 29, message 15 of 15 There has been some noises made in my department at work that next year we might be getting some Sun workstations. I have some questions that hopefully some of you people out there in "net-land" can answer. 1) I've heard that the Sun-4 is supposed to comform to a binary standard. Does this mean that code compiled on a Sun-3 can run without re-compiling to run on a Sun-4? Is the reverse true, can 'C' code compiled on a Sun-4 run without modification on a Sun-3? 2) What is/are the software development environments of choice to allow a programmer to create graphical user interfaces (windows that can be moved around, re-sized, scrolled, menus, click-able icons, etc.)? 3) I am also interested in using C++ on the Sun. Do any of the answers to question 2) also work with C++? Is there a class library that I can use to create graphical user interfaces in C++? Please e-mail responses, I normally do not subscribe to the newsgroups I've put this request on (but for the next little while, I'll keep my eye out for useful information) Thanks in advance, Mike Norman Bell-Northern Research 3500 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario Canada. (613) 763-7717 {some big back-bone site ..}!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-di!mike