Can't think of anything I've worked on that requires the backwards  
compatibility.  We'll just have to test.
Jonathan
On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:58 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:

> Well, a little project I started over the weekend turned into a  
> monster. But I think it's done, and if there are no bugs, I'll be  
> amazed. The goal was to increase performance speed, and one little  
> test I did suggested that script processing, in particular where  
> math or atom selections are involved, has increased in speed by  
> 10-50%. So I'm satisfied.
>
> But there was a price. Up until now we have had this line in  
> build.xml:
>
>            source="1.3" target="1.1"
>
> That now reads
>
>            source="1.4" target="1.4"
>
> For Jmol 11.9. Is there some reason we should be sticking with the  
> older compatibility? The Java 1.3 version is long out of service, I  
> think, and when I tried downloading it and installing it as a plug- 
> in to Firefox, and it just crashed the browser. The advantage of 1.4  
> appears to be some additional methods that work with BitSets (all  
> those atom and bond selections) that make those operations far more  
> efficient.
>
> Bob
>
> -- 
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> St. Olaf College
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>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
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