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Re: Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence | Quanta Magazine
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Götz Waschk <[log in to unmask]>
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Götz Waschk <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Jan 2023 13:52:23 +0100
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Am 05.01.23 um 04:31 schrieb Yasha Karant:

> SL originally was rebuilt through Fermilab/CERN for HEP and adopted by a 

> number of persons who wanted a stable "hardened enterprise" Linux. 

> Because of the association with HEP and the needed computational 

> resources for the support of HEP, I was curious if anyone on this list 

> was or will be involved with FORM.  Was FORM being used on SL 

> environments?  Is it being used today on whatever environments that 

> currently are deployed by what were SL HEP sites?  Most of the HEP lists 

> that are available outside of the actual communities of the various HEP 

> collaborations do not seem to be discussing this issue.  Sorry for the 

> intrusion.



Hi Yasha,



DESY is still using FORM in the theoretical physics group, we have even 

bought work group servers with lots of RAM to run it, on SL7 of cause.



Regards,

Götz Waschk



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Götz Waschk                            ° Phone:  +49 33762 77169

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY  ° E-Mail: [log in to unmask]

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