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From: gds@atticus (Greg Schechter)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Is PEX == PHIGS? [was: PEX, PHIGS, DEC5000?]
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Date: 21 Mar 91 00:37:58 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.044028.16631@ithaca.uucp> <1991Mar20.170615.11253@dsd.es.com>
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In-reply-to: pmartz@undies.dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)

In article <1991Mar20.170615.11253@dsd.es.com>, pmartz@undies (Paul Martz) writes:

>I think this is the
>type of program the original poster referred to when he said he came
>across some "PEX" programs. I have always thought of a PEX application
>as one which *must* run under a PEX implementation of PHIGS because it
>uses some X or X-related calls.

One fairly minor quibble...

PHIGS running on top of an X window system does not necessarily imply PEX.
It's quite feasible to have an application which uses both PHIGS and X, 
and have that PHIGS implementation, when run locally, not make use of PEX 
at all, but, rather, talk directly to the graphics hardware.

-- Greg

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