What is not cool is that ROOT was "designed" and built by people who had absolutely no idea how to run a large-scale software project. And it shows everywhere -

What is not cool is that ROOT was "designed" and built by people who had absolutely no idea how to run a large-scale software project. And it shows everywhere - it's one huge monolith that you have to constantly fight to do anything slightly non-trivial. I'm happy that I don't have to use it frequently, though I still have some exposure.