Learning curves (was: Python so far)

[Janne Sinkkonen]

bhahn at spam-spam.g0-away.com (Brendan Hahn) writes:

> X is time elapsed, Y is knowledge acquired.  So the common usage of
> "steep" with regard to learning curves is in fact exactly backwards.
> Too late now, though.

Or X is the skill acquired, Y is the effort. Then the current use of
steep is meaningful: it means you have to work hard to get anything
done at all (and possibly that later you may get a lot done with
little effort).

-- 
Janne