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| <pkgmetadata> |
| <maintainer type="project"> |
| <email>sci-chemistry@gentoo.org</email> |
| <name>Gentoo Chemistry Project</name> |
| </maintainer> |
| <longdescription> |
| p3d was developed in order to offer a Python module that is powerful and fast, |
| yet intuitive to use. The simplicity of p3d is due to the usage of object |
| oriented programming (i.e. atoms are treated as vectors), the implementation |
| of a query parser that translates queries readable by humans into a combination |
| of algebra set operations the fact that no additional Python packages are |
| necessary. The speed is due to the usage of a binary space partitioning (BSP) |
| tree which allows very fast queries in 3D (Henry et al. 1980). The additional |
| synergy is obtained by the flexible combination of both speed and complexity in |
| the queries to the structural data. The combination of these factors makes p3d |
| the optimal module to rapidly develop new and powerful bioinformatic tools that |
| follow the Python philosophy of making the source code readable. |
| </longdescription> |
| </pkgmetadata> |