Re: 20041123: netcdf-java

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• Subject: Re: 20041123: netcdf-java
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• Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:51:15 -0800

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From: "Ian F. Darwin" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: netcdf-java
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:27:53 -0500
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As a Java developer I was happy to stumble across the web site for netcdf-java today.

However I was a tiny bit concerned that the netcdf-java page describes version 2.1 as "a prototype for the NetCDF-4 project". Prototypes in some meanings of the word tend to be things that are developed and then discarded. Can you please comment on the medium-term viability of netcdf-java, that is, will it continue to be developed in parallel with NetCDF-4, or will its maintenance come to an end with the release of the C version?

Thanks very much for your answer to this all-important question:-)

Ian Darwin
Toronto Center for Phenogenomics (phenogenomics.ca)
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Hi Ian:

thanks for your interest.