Next to "begging the question," the phrase "steep learning curve" is probably the most misused cliche out there.
A 'learning curve' represents knowledge (or understanding) as a function of time. THerefore, the steeper the better. Please help save the English language from descent into Humpty-Dumpty land, and train your colleagues in the correct usage of both these terms.
Carl
Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:51:27 -0800 From: Payam Minoofar<payam.minoo...@meissner.com> To: "r-sig-mac@r-project.org"<r-sig-mac@r-project.org> Cc: "deniz.kellecio...@gmail.com"<deniz.kellecio...@gmail.com> Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] R for Mac, good enough? Message-ID:<53df393b-2037-4b0d-890f-8dbaa1ba1...@meissner.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The power of R is virtually unmatched, and R for Mac works extremely well. The learning curve is steep, however, and documentation is difficult to grasp, even though it is abundantly available. I am more partial to a commercial data analysis package with which I grew up, but I have done enough work with R on the mac platform to recommend it highly.
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