This IBM Redbook will help experienced UNIX application developers who are new to the AIX operating system. The book explains the many concepts in detail, including the following:
- Enhancements and new features provided by the latest C and C++ compilers for AIX;
- Compiling and linking tasks required to effectively use and manage shared libraries and run-time linking
- Use of process heap and shared memory in the 32- and 64-bit user process models
- A new programming paradigm in a partitioned environment where resources can be dynamically changed
- Parallel programming using POSIX threads and OpenMP