Re:Multigenerational LRU: more performant, versatile, straig...
by CyberRabbi on Sunday March 14, 2021 @10:04PM
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> It's not vague, it has a literal meaning. Efficient.
See a sister thread for commenters mock debating over whether it means improved throughput or reduced latency. If a speaker indeed intends to mean “efficient,” then it would be thoughtful to opt to instead use “efficient” for clarity’s sake. Performant has been so often recklessly used that the meaning has been diluted to mean general and vague “fastness,” from which most thoughtful people cannot glean any specific meaning.
See a sister thread for commenters mock debating over whether it means improved throughput or reduced latency. If a speaker indeed intends to mean “efficient,” then it would be thoughtful to opt to instead use “efficient” for clarity’s sake. Performant has been so often recklessly used that the meaning has been diluted to mean general and vague “fastness,” from which most thoughtful people cannot glean any specific meaning.