Editing ROOT (section)

== Criticisms ==
Criticisms of ROOT include its difficulty for beginners, as well as various aspects of its design and implementation. Frequent causes of frustration include extreme [[code bloat]], heavy use of global variables,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insectnation.org/articles/problems-with-root.html|title=The problem with ROOT (a.k.a. The ROOT of all Evil)|last=Buckley|first=Andy|work=InsectNation|access-date=3 May 2016|date=2007-08-27}}</ref> and an overcomplicated class hierarchy. From time to time these issues are discussed on the ROOT users mailing list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://root.cern.ch/root/roottalk/roottalk06/0763.html|title=Re: Wikipedia criticism about root|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://root.cern.ch/root/roottalk/roottalk06/0782.html|title=RE: Re: Wikipedia criticism about root|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> While scientists dissatisfied with ROOT have in the past managed to work around its flaws,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://root.cern/about/|title=What is ROOT?|date=1 June 2009|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> some of the shortcomings are regularly addressed by the ROOT team. The CINT interpreter, for example, has been replaced by the Cling interpreter,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://root.cern/releases/release-60600/|title=ROOT Version 6.06 Release Notes|date=2 June 2015|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> and numerous bugs are fixed with every release.