From: jason_hindle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/11/2025 12:25, richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk wrote:   
   >In article <10f1i18$1am4s$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >   
   >>    The word performant has found a niche in the 21st century through   
   >>    adoption in computing contexts, but remains otherwise practically   
   >>    unknown in day-to-day communication, where more common   
   >>    alternatives (such as high-performance, efficient or effective)   
   >>    are typically adopted.   
   >>   
   >>Would you agree that it is very much a niche usage?   
   >   
   >I spend all my life in computing contexts, and have never heard anyone   
   >say the word.  But then I had never heard anyone say "informatics"   
   >until our department was renamed to that.  Both sound like the sort of   
   >made-up English found in EU technical documents.   
   >   
   >-- Richard   
      
   Informatics is probably derived from the Franglais Informatique. It's   
    probably altered in meaning over the years, but used to denote a course of   
    study that combined hard CS with broader studies around business and   
    specific industries.   
      
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