On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> wrote:
> On Monday 04 April 2016 17:29:58 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > > On Montag, 4. April 2016 15:04:30 CEST Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > > I'm not convinced performant is a word although it seems to be used > > > for computer jargon > > > > > > > http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38945/what-is-wrong-with-the-wo > > > rd -performant > > > > It is clearly jargon. As Jens already said, the question is: Can we > afford > > the jargon or not? We think we can, but there are certainly also good > > arguments against it. > > I don't like it. How about "nimble", it expresses power and speed in a > positively sounding adjective. > What I like about "performant" is it doesn't just mean fast *. It covers a broader range of metrics, and the text beneath it in Detail 3 goes on about code quality and usability which "nimble" doesn't really cover in itself. David *or at least it would if it was a proper word > -- > sebas > > Sebastian Kügler • http://vizZzion.org • http://www.kde.org > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel >
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