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"performs better" the dictionary will catch up edit - apparently oxford dictionary has it already as "performs well"
by gfody 6y ago
"performs better" the dictionary will catch up
edit - apparently oxford dictionary has it already as "performs well"
- CyberRabbi 6y ago“Performs better” is just as vague. What does it mean to perform? What does it mean to do it better? Most of the time people actually mean “more efficient CPU usage”
- gfody 6y agofor this case where the thing is a cache and the description a headline, "more performant" seems perfectly cromulent. it says here's a cache that does all the stuff a cache is expected to do well but better
- CyberRabbi 6y agoSeems like a very proactive development
- mlyle 6y agoPerformant is problematic because it's tech jargon that is only now gaining grudging acceptance as a word in the overall population. It's not wrong, but it's best avoided if you want to avoid pedants waving their King's English stick at you.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoFYI “problematic” is also a vague and essentially meaningless term that is no more specific than “bad.”
- johncolanduoni 6y agoEnglish has lots of words that mean mostly the same thing. Do you seethe at every entry in a thesaurus? How does one determine which word is blessed by the higher minded beings you choose to exclusively associate with?
- CyberRabbi 6y agoI don’t usually seethe, it’s more like remote embarrassment. I think there is a German word for that. I often recommend a “non-hire” as well. Edit: I changed “non hire” to “non-hire” because I have no personal issue with acknowledging my usage of improper punctuation. Why should it be controversial to point out usage of improper vocabulary in others?
- mlyle 6y agoFYI, non-hire is the type of phrase that should be hyphenated.
- mlyle 6y agoProblematic is just fine, brah-- with usage dating to the late 17th century and with a pretty clear connotation of "presenting numerous problems" instead of just being undesirable/bad.
- bboreham 6y agoSo, we need words that say on what dimension it is performing better. I hereby coin “latencyant” and “throughputant”.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoIf a system is highly latencyant, does that mean it performs well in terms of latency, or does it mean it exhibits high latency?
- bboreham 6y agoI was thinking “lower latency”. Is there a suffix that means “less of”? “Timeless” is already taken...
- wongarsu 6y agolatencyless and throughputful? latencyette and throughputous? latencycule and throughputty?
- gfody 6y agowhat about hit rate and time and space efficiency? i think "cachy" says it all - the cachiest cache
- yesenadam 6y agoWell, there are hypo- and hyper-.
- bboreham 6y agoNow I like hypolatent and throughputful.