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Use of performant in relation to efficiency in this fashion goes back to at least the 60s, from a fairly cursory glance on https://books.google.com https://book

Use of performant in relation to efficiency in this fashion goes back to at least the 60s, from a fairly cursory glance on https://books.google.com https://books.google.com. Starting with a few from the 70s: The IEEE from 1979: https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ4XAQAAMAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjM1dzPi6_vAhWWVs0KHdqYBmgQ6AEwBXoECAQQAg https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ4XAQAAMAAJ&q=%22performa... "It should be noted that the problem of scailing is considerably simplified from the fact that the operators dispose of greater ranges ( from 1 to 238 for l - 20 , instead of 1 to 104 for the more performant analog computers " We can even step outside of the electrical engineering community, here's a reference to it from the Iron and Steel society, in the same year: https://books.google.com/books?id=D9RaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHsPqrjK_vAhXEaM0KHURAALY4ChDoATAEegQIAxAC https://books.google.com/books?id=D9RaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22performa... "As this cooling system revealed itself as unsufficiently performant , we have started with the study of literature in order to define if other more efficient equipments were available" We can push back to 1974, in relation to satellites in space: https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXHvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC4MOwja_vAhXQXc0KHQTQDAU4KBDoATAEegQIABAC https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXHvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22performa... "So , the program is very descriptive in the effects development , and very performant . Furthermore , it has been compared with numerical integration at each step ( after the computation of each effect and each coupling )..." Or just a little further in relation to APL from the ACM: https://books.google.com/books?id=0qApAQAAIAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC4MOwja_vAhXQXc0KHQTQDAU4KBDoATAIegQIBxAC https://books.google.com/books?id=0qApAQAAIAAJ&q=%22performa... "However , this theorical gain is nothing but an encouragement ; the execution phasis is very performant because , before it , a lot of preparation has been done during the deferment phasis : this should be taken into account in a realistic ..." So in the 60s, 1964: https://books.google.com/books?id=l1_vAAAAMAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir14Crkq_vAhXMHc0KHbPUBLo4ChDoATAJegQICRAC https://books.google.com/books?id=l1_vAAAAMAAJ&q=%22performa... Such a progress comes partially from the availability of faster and larger computers and of more performant numerical methods . It is however important to remark that , at the same time , analytic progress has also been achieved , which is very ..." Australian Mechanical Engineer are using it in relation to the Wankel engine, https://books.google.com/books?id=rzIiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22performant%22&dq=%22performant%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD3Mask6_vAhXaPM0KHXFoC0g4jAEQ6AEwBnoECAYQAg https://books.google.com/books?id=rzIiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22performa... Judging from the uses I'm seeing in the Google search, it's a fair claim that Computer Science has been using "performant" in reference to efficiency and performance for most of its existence. Judging people for using a word in a way that has that much history in the field tends to reflect mostly on you.

CyberRabbi 6y ago
You can quote a million papers from your cursory Google Books search, it’s still poor English in addition to being vague and essentially meaningless in most contexts. In nearly every instance it can be replaced with “good” or just dropped altogether with no loss of information, appeals to authority notwithstanding. I’ve rarely regretted judging someone’s intelligence based on their use of “performant,” it has a surprisingly high SNR.
- notriddle 6y ago
  > You can quote a million papers from your cursory Google Books search Still better data than the literally nothing that you brought to the discussion so far.
  - CyberRabbi 6y ago
    “Literally nothing” is false: > In nearly every instance it can be replaced with “good” or just dropped altogether with no loss of information, That is obviously true and easily checkable. If that is not true, explain how in rational terms.
    - notriddle 6y ago
      > Multigenerational LRU: better, more versatile, more straightforward than Linux's > Multigenerational LRU: more versatile, straightforward than Linux's Neither of these have as much information as the original headline. The version I came up with that's actually equivalent to the original without using the word "performant" has to use a word that means the same thing. > Multigenerational LRU: faster, more versatile, more straightforward than Linux's And that still means I don't get to use the "parallel more" construct.
- Twirrim 6y ago
  It doesn't matter if you can or cannot replace it with other words. It's what the industry has decided is an appropriate term to use in the circumstances. > in addition to being vague and essentially meaningless in most contexts It's not vague, it has a literal meaning. Efficient. The definition comes from the French word "performant", the meaning of which goes back to the 17th century. This isn't people going "ohh it's related to performance, let's make up a word that sounds similar", like "supposably" or similar. It's "Let's take an established word with the same roots that has the same meaning as we want and use it".

CyberRabbi 6y ago

You can quote a million papers from your cursory Google Books search, it’s still poor English in addition to being vague and essentially meaningless in most contexts. In nearly every instance it can be replaced with “good” or just dropped altogether with no loss of information, appeals to authority notwithstanding. I’ve rarely regretted judging someone’s intelligence based on their use of “performant,” it has a surprisingly high SNR.

notriddle 6y ago
> You can quote a million papers from your cursory Google Books search Still better data than the literally nothing that you brought to the discussion so far.
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  “Literally nothing” is false: > In nearly every instance it can be replaced with “good” or just dropped altogether with no loss of information, That is obviously true and easily checkable. If that is not true, explain how in rational terms.
  - notriddle 6y ago
    > Multigenerational LRU: better, more versatile, more straightforward than Linux's > Multigenerational LRU: more versatile, straightforward than Linux's Neither of these have as much information as the original headline. The version I came up with that's actually equivalent to the original without using the word "performant" has to use a word that means the same thing. > Multigenerational LRU: faster, more versatile, more straightforward than Linux's And that still means I don't get to use the "parallel more" construct.
Twirrim 6y ago
It doesn't matter if you can or cannot replace it with other words. It's what the industry has decided is an appropriate term to use in the circumstances. > in addition to being vague and essentially meaningless in most contexts It's not vague, it has a literal meaning. Efficient. The definition comes from the French word "performant", the meaning of which goes back to the 17th century. This isn't people going "ohh it's related to performance, let's make up a word that sounds similar", like "supposably" or similar. It's "Let's take an established word with the same roots that has the same meaning as we want and use it".