Yuppee, I am actually happy now :) Doru On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
Why you think it didn't noticed? I even spent time learning what is 'super-linear' means. Â :)
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
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