Curious Omission In New-Style Formats

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Steven D'Aprano writes:

[in response to my attempt to understand "steep learning curve"]

> "Learning curve" or "experience curve" is not just an metaphor, it is
> an actual technical term. See the Wikipedia article:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve
>
>
> Now, there are a couple of ways that we can interpret the idiom of
> "steep learning curve". One is the way Wikipedia interprets it: as a
> mistake.

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Ouch. Next time I hear anyone use the phrase, if I need to know whether
they mean "easy to learn" or "hard to learn" or something else, I think
I'll ask them...

Thanks.