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Subject:Re: Performant - is it a word From:Jim Aikens <jaikens -at- ZOOMIT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:45:51 -0400
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From: Brierley, Sean <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM>
>
>Anyway, I saw an earlier post that said "performant" is
Canadian-French. I
>have yet to see a definition for this word. Does anyone have a
definition
>for it?
It's a French word -- French French, Canadian French, Swiss French and
all the other Frenches in the world. It's actually quite a common word,
especially in advertising. In French it has come to mean "high
performance" or "works really well". However, when I see it in an
English context, especially about software, I take it simply to mean "it
works". Which is already quite an accomplishment.
