Re: [Jmol-developers] float vs. double

2002-12-01 Thread mth
>> I assume that moving to CDK is a good thing. I intended that to be a statement, not a question. But thanks for enumerating the advantages for me. > > Yes, it is ;) > The advantages: > > 1. CDK has a larger developers community > 2. CDK has a large repository of chemoinformatical libraries >

Re: [Jmol-developers] float vs. double

2002-12-01 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 01 December 2002 13:38, mth wrote: > >> Q: What was the reasoning behind using doubles instead of floats? Is > >> it the case that this level of precision (or range) is needed? > > Is there any type of calculation in chemistry where it would ever make > sense to have that much range & pre

Re: [Jmol-developers] float vs. double

2002-12-01 Thread mth
>> Q: What was the reasoning behind using doubles instead of floats? Is >> it the case that this level of precision (or range) is needed? Is there any type of calculation in chemistry where it would ever make sense to have that much range & precision? > I did not report it yet, as I was wondering

Re: [Jmol-developers] float vs. double

2002-12-01 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sunday 01 December 2002 12:52, mth wrote: > As part of the conversion to the cdk Atom class I noticed that the > physical coordinate representation of atoms (in Angstroms) went from float > -> double ... Point3f -> Point3d. > > It really doesn't matter to me. And remember that I am not a chemist

[Jmol-developers] float vs. double

2002-12-01 Thread mth
As part of the conversion to the cdk Atom class I noticed that the physical coordinate representation of atoms (in Angstroms) went from float -> double ... Point3f -> Point3d. It really doesn't matter to me. And remember that I am not a chemist ... Q: What was the reasoning behind using doubles i