Do other Python GUI toolkits require this?

Roel Schroeven rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm
Fri Apr 20 04:41:13 EDT 2007


Antoon Pardon schreef:
> On 2007-04-19, Wayne Brehaut <wbrehaut at mcsnet.ca> wrote:
>> So the remark that " a steep learning curve means that the subject is
>> easily familiarized and that the learning period is short" is
>> completely incorrect on two points (i.e., all points that are
>> relevant): first, steep always implies much to learn in a relatively
>> short time (what else could the slope of a curve possibly mean
>> "mathematicallY" or logically?);
> 
> No it doesn't imply that at all. A learning curve doesn't show some
> goal of a person who was given just so much time to familiarize himself
> with some material. A learning curve shows the progres that is made
> in familiarizing one self while studying. A steep curve means a
> lot of actual learning in a short time.

 >> A learning curve is conventionally the graph of a function of
 >> "quantity to be learned" vs. time,

 > No it doesn't. A learning curve is the graph that somehow quantifies
 > what is actually learned vs time.

Do you have any reference to back that up?

As I understand it, a learning curve plots the learning effort vs. the 
progress made. A steep learning curve means you need to learn a lot in 
order to make a little progress.

-- 
If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood
on the shoulders of giants.  -- Isaac Newton

Roel Schroeven



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