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. [- -] 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. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
