The most important of these extensions is the interface to PTC the Polymorphic Tracking Code of E. Forest.

The most important features of MAD-X are:

• Program Development via part-time custodian and large team of part-time module keepers in- and outside of Cern
• Languages: C, Fortran77, and Fortran90
• Dynamic Memory Allocation: In the Core Program written in C
• Strictly modular organization
• Modified and extended input language
• Symplectic and arbitrary exact description of all elements via PTC
• Taylor Maps and Normal Form techniques using PTC

• MAD-X status: It is the design tool of the LHC
• MAD-X - PTC Integration: What is still needed?
• What is MAD-X missing compared to MAD8? Who will do the job?
• How to best serve the Non-LHC community with MAD-X

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