<s>
MINUIT	B-Application
,	O
now	O
MINUIT2	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
minimization	O
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
developed	O
at	O
the	O
European	O
Organization	O
for	O
Nuclear	O
Research	O
(	O
CERN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
by	O
staff	O
physicist	O
Fred	O
James	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
and	O
maintained	O
until	O
1996	O
(	O
version	O
96.03	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ROOT	O
project	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
ported	O
using	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
MINUIT2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
particle	O
physics	O
and	O
thousands	O
of	O
published	O
papers	O
cite	O
use	O
of	O
MINUIT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
Fred	O
James	O
started	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
implement	O
MINUIT	B-Application
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Java	B-Language
port	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
frontend	O
to	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
