[DamonHD]

Thank you.

(I don't think that anyone should use "exponentially" that way: it is an art term with a specific and particular meaning, so find another word if you mean something else! Like misusing specific legal or sporting terms...)

[taftster]

Which term is appropriate here? What would you suggest? (honest question)

[DamonHD]

"hugely" or "a lot" or "to O(XXX)" whatever the new XXX complexity is.

[taftster]

"to O(xxx)" is a good idea, in terms of keeping it mathematical and accurate. I like that best. "hugely" makes me giggle, because I really hear "bigly" when I see/hear it.

[ctxc]

Art term?

[wizzwizz4]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/term_of_art

[ctxc]

Ah, thanks. I could only think of art as in literal, artistic art.

[kccqzy]

If you have that tendency, you just need to think of TAOCP, this industry's best distillation of intellectual achievement, with the word "art" in its name.