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I used MetaPost for a few years. It's a very quirky program and a very quirky language, like TeX itself. You can do very nice things with it but the learning cu

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• taeric 12y ago
  On of my favorite pet peeves, I think you mean the learning curve is shallow? (Is there a non physical way to think of a steep curve where it isn't actually saying that you learn a lot really quickly?) (And, this is one of my favorites, as I'm convinced I have to just be wrong.) At any rate, what sort of quirks are you talking about? The examples I've seen so far don't look that bad, all told. If anything, they look quite nice, actually.
  • stdbrouw 12y ago
    You're thinking it has to be time invested on the x-axis and level of expertise on the y-axis. That's certainly possible, but I think most people interpret it with level of expertise on the x-axis and (cumulative) effort invested on the y-axis. So a steep curve implies that you'd need to invest a lot of effort to become only a little bit better at something. Sort of like climbing a steep hill because there's treasure at the top of the hill, not because climbing the hill itself is something you intrinsically care about.
    • taeric 12y ago
      I think it is more than just possible, that is how you typically show the chart of learning something. Time across the bottom with advancement on the side. Granted, I realize these charts aren't exactly viewed that often. The steep hill is definitely the visual people think of in this regard. I just think it is strictly due thinking of a hill, though. Not because they thought of what it would mean on a chart. :) And no, I wasn't at all confused by this. Nor was anyone else, I'm sure.