On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 09:37:34AM EDT, [email protected] wrote: > Hi,
> it is often said, taht certain software has a "steep learning curve". > Vi/vim is such an example for the use of this phrase... > > I was thinking of this phrase and the graph I would draw if I had > to show an example for such a "steep learning curve"... > > I would take the time as measure for the x-axis and the amount > of stuff I have learned about -- for example -- vim as a measure > for the y-axis.. > Then I would draw that "steep learning curve" as an graph > which goes -- say -- from 0,0 to 5,30. > > And watching this graph I would read it as > "Using vim give one a great amount of knowledge in a very short time." Precisely... The nice thing is that the minute s/o mentions a steep learning curve in relation to Vim, I know exactly what I'm dealing with and that it's time to switch back to Vim's help files. > So....why so many take this as a point of critic??? See above.. or refer to the wikipedia article.. :-) [..] CJ -- Have a nice day! -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
