Do other Python GUI toolkits require this?
Roel Schroeven
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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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