Comment Comment by foxhop Performant is not an adjective, it is a noun. "One who performs". Software can perform poor or well. Performant does not mean it performs well.http://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/performant-isn-t-a-wordThis matters. Software can perform well at its job (not crash, get the correct answer) but may not perform efficiently (takes a long time, has unbounded resource use, uses a brute force pattern). parent foxhop 10 years ago
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This matters. Software can perform well at its job (not crash, get the correct answer) but may not perform efficiently (takes a long time, has unbounded resource use, uses a brute force pattern).