Minutes of the E614 Software Meeting

                  13:00 Tuesday, 21 September 1999


 Discussion of data structures (MQ, AO):

       The data structures as diagrammed on July 19, 1999 were
       discussed.  The following decisions were made:

         The naming convention for variable types has been 
         dropped.  It will be up to the developers to choose 
         sensible names.

         The wire type is to be augmented by adding direction 
         variables.   Wire length was deleted as it was 
         redundant.

         A flag will be added to the tdc type to indicate the
         quality of the data.  The flag will indicate whether
         both leading and trailing edge data are present.

       (MQ) A test will be done soon to compare the speed of 
       F90 and F77 code.

 Current status of analysis code:

       (MQ, RP) Code developement is currently done on mitch 
       before being implemented on lin01.  All code in the 
       future will be contained in seven modules, rather than 
       in separate subroutines. 
          
       (MQ) Recent tests have shown that the analysis code can 
       now successfully handle MC data as well as the real data 
       from the August beam/chamber test.

       Mofia 2.0 will be released within a wek or two on mitch, 
       linux and alpha machines.
       
 Compilers (AO):

       It was decided to go ahead and buy two ABSOFT compilers 
       at $350 apiece, one for TAMU and one for Alberta.  If they
       are found unsatisfactory, other compilers will be 
       purchased.

 Meeting time:

       The next software group meeting will be at 12:30 PDT on
       Tuesday, Oct. 5.

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