Re:Where do those stats come from? (Score 1)

From where I stand, in the middle of a big research lab, I can say that:

• hardly a handful use C++
• A LOT of researchers use a language called ROOT that nobody ever speaks about

I think that these are contradictions. ROOT is not a language, it's a library written in C++ as well as an application that allows you to create, save and run ROOT models. The interactive scripting language used in ROOT is C++ using the cling interpreter. Anyone using ROOT itself is using C++ as the language. There are Python bindings (PyRoot), but ROOT itself is still C++. I use it in my C++ classes to interactively demonstrate concepts during class.

See First Steps with ROOT from the ROOT manual