Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:16:37 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>
>
>> Um, no. The "need" is not described by a learning curve, rather, the
>> difficulty of learning. Steep means you learn quickly, shallow means
>> that you learn slowly.
>
> "In this sense, "steep learning curve" represents the need to make
> significant progress in the initial stages so that a person may start
> using the new skill with reasonable efficiency, a need often
> associated with increased efforts in learning."
This is not the proper meaning of learning curve. It might have come
into common usage as a commonly made mistake, but it doesn't make it
right, it remains what it is - wrong.
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