A Plasma Vision draft

[David Edmundson]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at 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


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