Yuppee, I am actually happy now :) Doru
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> wrote: > >>> Why you think it didn't noticed? I even spent time learning what is >>> 'super-linear' means. :) >>> >>> You're right that if taking a single individual, and his contribution >>> to Pharo , it is of course always linear. > > I think even alone you be non-linear. And the secret is: feedback loops. > > So imagine we implement something that makes it easier to work. > (better browser, refactoring tools...). Then *using these* will make it easier > to build new tools and abstractions... that make us more priductive.... > > Improving a system allows you do do things *faster*, and even, at some point, > do things that where impossible without the improvement. (regardless how > much time and intelligence you have). > > *That* is non-linear progress. > > Making the system better so you can make the system better more easily. > > Marcus > > -- > Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"