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   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday or thereabouts, Scott Dorsey declared ...   
   > 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   
      
   Sorry, these days it's all about the FLOPS.   
      
   -d   
      
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