[Axiom-developer] I would like to work

[Frithjof Schulze]

Hello,

my name is Frithjof Schulze. I'm currently trying to understand Axiom
and am very much interested in computer algebra systems and computer
algebra in general. Though I don't know much yet I'm disposed to learn.
I like Axiom and what you are trying to do (that is the 30 year
horizon), and would like to help you to achieve that goal. Also I think
I will learn pretty much that way.

I have no practical experience in projects much bigger than textbook
exercises let alone open source projects this big. So presumably I can
not do much coding now and will just have lot of questions. Is it OK, if
I ask some of them here?

Still, I'm studying mathematics and already know Common Lisp fairly
well. At some point in the near future I should know enough about the
mathematics and the code to be able to contribute.

What I can do now is this: While reading the Axiom documentation I saw a
lot of stuff that I think I could improve even with my current
knowledge. In particular in volume one of the Axiom-Book, that I think
addresses newbies like myself, I would like too clarify some parts that
weren't clear to me in the beginning. Also I would like to rearrange
some parts, to make the tutorial a better reading. 

Would that be welcomed? If yes, shall I post patches here or directly to
Sourceforge or somewhere else?

Frithjof