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Re:DNS over HTTPS by vectorEQ on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:47AM (#16166702)
'performs more [efficiently|accuratley]' would be proper english (not that i speak it well.... :D).

webster says:

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    preformant performance performing performances performable preformants perforate conformant perform formant performed informant performer perforata performers performs preformat
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Re:DNS over HTTPS by barrkel on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:53AM (#16166721)
The algorithm doesn't perform more efficiently or accurately, though - it's less efficient (it uses more resources) and it should be the same accuracy (or we're comparing apples with oranges).
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Re:DNS over HTTPS by vectorEQ on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:01AM (#16166766)
haha yah i know, it would perform terrible. imagine running a big dns server at ISP level, and having to perform 9 million tls handshakes a second. have fun with that lol. this was just an example of how to avoid the 'performant' word.
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Re:DNS over HTTPS by seandavidfisher on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:56AM (#16167862)
If we’re getting pedantic about linguistics, wouldn’t that be, “it would perform terribly” instead of “it would perform terrible”?
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