On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote: > Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>Well "performant" is performant enough for the purposes of communicating >>>on the python list I think :D >> >> Most probably could figure it out as being stylistically similar to >>"conformant", which I believe IS used in English <G> >> >>conformant => something that conforms >>performant => something that performs > > Yes, I suspect it comes from people expecting too much consistency. If > something that has "conformance" is "conformant", then something that has > good "performance" must be "performant".
In a surprising coincidence, the word "performant" came up in a Daily MTG article today: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/278 Though it is used in double quotes to indicate that it's not exactly standard English :) Funny to see two nerdy interests meet! ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
