search

daly / axiom

Axiom is a free, open source computer algebra system
http://axiom.axiom-developer.org
364 stars 54 forks source link

Consider renaming this software #17

Open rulatir opened 4 years ago

rulatir commented 4 years ago

Writing as someone who has just started trying to use Axiom today and does a lot of googling for help, here's what immediately comes to mind: choosing the name "Axiom" for this software harms googleability.

It collides which Apache Axiom and RBH Axiom which are also programming systems, and it also collides with the common noun "axiom" that is tightly related to mathematics. This makes it extremely difficult to craft a google search query that is relevant to any specific beginner's difficulty with axiom but not more relevant (in Google's eyes) to either of the above mentioned software systems, or abstract mathematical logic.

LdBeth commented 4 years ago

You might want to check out FriCAS which is an active fork of Axiom with many features and portability enhancements. Generally you will get better responds by asking/searching in the specific mailing lists than googling around. Here is a list of FriCAS mailing lists also with old Axiom and OpenAxiom (which is another fork but discontinued) mailing lists archives http://fricas-wiki.math.uni.wroc.pl/PanAxiomCommunity

And ref to this video for info sources available. Many documents are included in the software itself which are unlikely to be published on the web anyhow. (The HyperDoc stuff applies to FriCAS too) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV8y3UrpadY

XVilka commented 4 years ago

Link for the reference: https://github.com/fricas/fricas