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Physics Analysis Workstation
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<p>The Physics Analysis Workstation (PAW) is an interactive, scriptable computer software tool for data analysis and graphical presentation in <a href="/facts/High_energy_physics/YgIuyj2t">high-energy physics</a>. </p><p>The development of this software tool started at <a href="/facts/CERN/y1gwRchm">CERN</a> in 1986, it was optimized for the processing of very large amounts of data. It was based on and intended for inter-operation with components of <a href="/facts/CERN_Program_Library/T9bCUSbB">CERNLIB</a>, an extensive collection of <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">Fortran</a> libraries. </p><p>PAW had been a standard tool in high energy physics for decades, yet was essentially unmaintained. Despite continuing popularity as of 2008, it has been losing ground to the <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>-based <a href="/facts/ROOT/Hk7ucczM">ROOT</a> package. Conversion tutorials exist. In 2014, development and support were stopped. </p>