<s>
HippoDraw	B-Language
is	O
a	O
object-oriented	B-Language
statistical	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
package	B-Application
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
with	O
user	O
interaction	O
via	O
a	O
Qt-based	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
a	O
Python-scriptable	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HippoDraw	B-Language
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
files	O
in	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
,	O
astrophysics	O
FITS	O
files	O
,	O
data	O
objects	O
produced	O
by	O
ROOT	O
(	O
optional	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
through	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
bindings	O
,	O
anything	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
read/written	O
by	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
HDF5	B-Application
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
with	O
PyTables	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HippoDraw	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
extension	O
module	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
HippoDraw	B-Language
data	O
objects	O
with	O
the	O
full	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
other	O
scientific	O
Python	B-Language
extension	O
modules	O
such	O
Numeric	O
and	O
numarray	O
,	O
whose	O
use	O
with	O
HippoDraw	B-Language
can	O
lead	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
increase	O
in	O
processing	O
speed	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
ROOT	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
