Re: [ccp4bb] 64-bit CCP4

2011-09-02 Thread Tom Oldfield
Some important reason for using 64bit is due to the following. The "effective" precision of a float (32bit) is about 5 dp The "effective" precision of a double/real*8 (64 bit) is about 10 dp The number of dp is only approximate since we are encoding this using binary. The max/min value of a f

Re: [ccp4bb] 64-bit CCP4

2011-09-01 Thread George M. Sheldrick
In my (SHELX) experience, the difference in performance between 32bit and 64bit versions running on a 64bit OS scarcely justifies distributing two sets of binaries. The 64bit binaries are usually slightly faster (especially the multi-CPU SHELXD). As far as I know, there are no problems running the

Re: [ccp4bb] 64-bit CCP4

2011-09-01 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:02:50 am Ed Pozharski wrote: > I am almost sure this has been addressed before, so you can go after me > for insufficient googling. However, > > 1. Is there any *significant* advantage in using 64-bit CCP4 binaries > (primarily speed)? > 2. IIUC, the standard