re tom gaskins pexlib vs phigs programming manuals o reilly in article rb k l v neuro usc edu merlin neuro usc edu merlin writes could someone explain the difference between tom gaskins two books o pexlib programming manual o phigs programming manual why would i want to buy one book vs the other book i have an pexlib and phigs as it comes from mit with pex and as is explained in the phigs programming manual are just different api s for the pex protocol which is an extension to the x protocol so it depends on you what you go to use advantage of phigs is the protability to other platforms ibm graphigs sunphigs and the standardized structuring of the d objects advantage of pexlib is the sometimes faster and easier programming for immediate mode graphics because pex is not an exactly mapping of phigs to a prortocol o o ooo ooo roland holzapfel computer email wilhelminenstrasse graphics holzapfe igd fhg de darmstadt center phone germany zgdv this space intentionally left blank
