A major typo in my statement below:
>
> - Users can now create variables larger than 2 gigabytes (up to 4
> gigabytes) in size on 64-bit systems.
This should be 2^64-1 or whatever the limit is on your machine, which
will likely be reached before you hit 2^64!
--Mary
On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:54 PM, Mary Haley wrote:
>
> The NCL team is pleased to announce the release of NCL version 6.0.0-
> beta. This release marks a major software overhaul of NCL:
>
> - Users can now create variables larger than 2 gigabytes (up to 4
> gigabytes) in size on 64-bit systems.
>
> - The default missing values have been changed to be more in line
> with NetCDF's missing values.
>
> - The NCL "byte" type is now a signed byte (it was unsigned
> previous to this release), and there's now a "ubyte" (unsigned byte)
> type.
>
> - Eight new color tables were contributed by Emilie Vanvyve of NCAR.
>
> - Single PNG files no longer have "000001." as part of the file
> name.
>
> - You can now use NCL's "delete" procedure to delete multiple
> variables. This is part of an overhaul of the "list" type, which is
> currently in alpha testing.
>
> - There is some support for reading HDF5 files. This is in alpha
> testing.
>
> - There are some new and updated functions.
>
>
> This beta release has been used extensively on some of NCAR's local
> systems for the last few months. Please let us know if you download
> this release and whether you have success. This will help us determine
> when we can do an official 6.0.0 release.
>
> For full details on this new version: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/current_release.shtml
>
> --Mary Haley, on behalf of the NCL team
>
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