If your code was a professional skysurfer, would it be a high-performance performant? If there were holes in its security, would it be a perforated performant? If it smelled good, a perfumed performant?
Torturing the language for a more strategical tomorrow, --Ben Dawson, Michael wrote: > Here is one I hate to see: Who the fek thought to mis-use this word in > the context of quick-running applications? > > "Performant" -- Does *not* mean "high-performance". > > Performant: A performer. > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=performant > > Example: > > "My code is performant." > > "So you mean your code performs? Well, I certainly hope so." > > M!ke > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193337 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
