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+The ROOT system provides a set of OO frameworks with all the functionality
+needed to handle and analyse large amounts of data in a very efficient way.
+Having the data defined as a set of objects, specialised storage methods are
+used to get direct access to the separate attributes of the selected objects,
+without having to touch the bulk of the data. Included are histograming methods
+in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions, curve fitting, function evaluation, minimisation,
+graphics and visualization classes to allow the easy setup of an analysis
+system that can query and process the data interactively or in batch mode. 
+
+Thanks to the builtin CINT C++ interpreter the command language, the scripting,
+or macro, language and the programming language are all C++. The interpreter
+allows for fast prototyping of the macros since it removes the time consuming
+compile/link cycle. It also provides a good environment to learn C++. If more
+performance is needed the interactively developed macros can be compiled using
+a C++ compiler.