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diff --git a/misc/root/DESCR b/misc/root/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..443b592d59d --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/root/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +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. |