ROOT is a pretty cool program in its own that is very versatile. My only concern is that it has quite a high learning curve for students who are new to programming (I myself have only completed Fortran).

So with that said, my question is how come more “newbie” friendly guides aren’t available for students? Mathematica is very student friendly in comparison in terms of tutorials. I believe that modeling its care for beginners will serve to make ROOT more popular and useful in the long run. It might very well be that the lack of information for beginners is what deters many from picking up this very powerful software. I believe it is essential for ROOT developers or other staff members to take responsibility to make its software accessible to other potential users, since it isn’t popular to the point where you can “google” simple rudimentary things.