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From: "Dr. Peter Burger" <chburger&$at$&aci.unizh.ch>
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Subject: CCL:Anybody agrees with me?
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I agree - just think about it - that is the reason why X11 was
invented.

I guess it will not change since too many programs are around
of which I find Spartan very intuitive & comfortable as well. But well
then for instance in the PC versions of it there is max 6-coordination
possible. which may leave me alone being an inorganic chemist who has
to deal with higher coordination numbers also.

Anyways, what _really_ annoys me is the number of different file formats
for cartesian and internal coordinates (46 or so in Babel) - why
did every programmer have to reinvent the wheel!! Babel albeit being
nice also has its drawbacks.

Regards,

Peter
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Peter Burger
Anorg.-chem. Institut
University of Zuerich
chburger(+ at +)aci.unizh.ch