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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fine, but I'm still not happy about 'performant'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is there a better adjective you prefer to use to describe something that performs well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Efficient and effective

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Performant seems like a good word to use when you don't want to admit the performance was poor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I would probably say fast, efficient, high-performance, or optimal, depending on context. Or just "it performs well". But I recognise I'm in the vast minority - just one of those new words that bugs me now but I'll eventually accept