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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace"> I agree with the
intended meaning. The taller <br>
the Y axis, the greater the area under the curve. <br>
Or take the X-Y as the requirement that dictates <br>
a hefty Z axis component to make the grade. I've <br>
never heard a use of the phrase that does not <br>
imply especial hard work. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/4/20 7:50 PM, Alex Kleider wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:21b376635eda4fe008c2243808421318@sonic.net">On
2020-03-04 13:56, Rick Moen wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Quoting maestro (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:maestro415@gmail.com">maestro415@gmail.com</a>):
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<blockquote type="cite">Artix has a steep learning curve [...]
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Picture a graph of a learning curve: The vertical axis is
amount of
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learning achieved, and the horizontal axis is time elapsed. It
follows
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that a learning curve being _steep_ means that the item in
question can
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be learned very quickly.
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It's funny how many people think it means the opposite.
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What if you plot amount of time it takes (on the Y axis) to learn
an amount of material plotted on the X axis?
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Leaving graphing conventions out of it, I've certainly always
taken 'steep learning curve' to mean one needs to spend a lot of
time. Is that not in fact what it means?
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