XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , Adam Sampson   wrote:   
   >I always push back against it when I see my students using it -- not   
   >because the word doesn't exist, but because it's meaningless unless you   
   >say what types of performance you care about. Does a "performant"   
   >network application mean high bandwidth, low latency, low CPU load, low   
   >energy usage, or what?   
      
   If your computer is not performant, maybe you need a CPU with higher   
   mippage, or maybe you need more core, or maybe you need more baud.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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