Re: Root for non-particle physics use

From: Steve Eichblatt (eichblatt@fnal.gov)
Date: Sat Dec 04 1999 - 21:45:49 MET


I had a similar experience and was entirely unsuccessful. Clearly, it
depends mostly on your colleagues' inclination. If any of them know or are
interested in learning C/C++ you may have a good chance. None of my
colleagues were interested in learning C, and since I didn't want to
go it alone, (not knowing ROOT that well myself) it was out of the
question.

Good luck,

Steve Eichblatt

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Steve Gensemer wrote:

> Hello,
> 	I have a question for other non-particle/nuclear folks on using
> ROOT:  I am in atomic physics and 
> I am considering starting to do all my data analysis with ROOT, but I will
> also have to convince the other members of my group that this is a good
> idea; we are mostly still dependent on proprietary (and clumsy and slow) 
> GUI-based programs for analysis, but we are starting to generate 100's of 
> MB of data from imaging, etc. each night that have to be sifted through.
> The plus I see with Root is that I may be able to work primarily in Linux
> (my preferred platform) but compile and run ROOT applications on our NT
> computer that does the data acquisition, so we can essentially analyze
> the data as it comes into the computer.   
> 	If anyone else who has gone through this kind of change already
> could relate their experience, please let me know.  Thanks!
> 
> 					Steve Gensemer
> 					University of Connecticut
> 
> An Injury to One is an Injury to All
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>  Steve Gensemer 
>  gensemer@phys.uconn.edu
>  http://www.phys.uconn.edu/~gensemer
> 
> 
> 



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