MBRHT@dlvh.daresbury.ac.uk (11/26/90)
I would like to see PHYLIP continue to concentrate on what it is best at - distance and maximum likelihood methods. This is especially true now that PAUP vers. 3 is due out Real Soon Now for IBMs and clones. I can live without the graphics if the programs continue to be portable. X would be nice but I expect it will be a year or two before it is a standard available to most people. Portability would be helped if the programs were in C (sorry, I know you don't want to hear that Joe). Format translating utilities would be handy, though I expect many of us have already written our own. Like Don Gilbert I sometimes find the interleaved format a pain. It is easier for me to add and subtract species from analyses when the sequences are in one-after-the-other format. Could we have a toggle for input format? Thanks for asking Joe. _______ Richard Thomas, Molecular Biology Unit, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) (11/30/90)
With allthis talk about PAUP, where can I get a copy? I recall that the last time I asked, 3.0 wasnt out... but that was over a year ago. Thanks... Keith Elliston