Title :
Taking an object-oriented view of accelerators
Author :
Nishimura, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
It was almost a decade ago that accelerator experts were introduced to the concept of object-oriented programming. This new methodology was expected to play a key role in solving various software problems. Today, there seems be nothing that prevents us from taking advantage of this new technology. In fact, we are often forced to catch up with the computer industry´s new standard. This is especially true for graphics programming. While evaluating the benefits of using this new technology, we must also evaluate whether it is as effective as it was claimed. In this paper, we discuss these issues based on experiences at the Advanced Light Source
Keywords :
accelerator control systems; computerised control; electron accelerators; high energy physics instrumentation computing; object-oriented programming; storage rings; ALS; Advanced Light Source; graphics programming; object-oriented programming; particle accelerators; Acceleration; Computer graphics; Computer industry; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; Laboratories; Light sources; Magnetic analysis; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2934-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1995.505486