http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/tags/language/default.aspxTags: languageen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/2007/03/16/performant-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means.aspxSat, 17 Mar 2007 04:24:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1897355dcook2http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/comments/1897355.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1897355<P>Around Microsoft, people talk about making things performant. They mean "fast" or "performs well".</P> <P>It is a real word, but according to <A class="" title="Oxford English Dictionary: Performant" href="http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/30003374?single=1&amp;query_type=word&amp;queryword=performant&amp;first=1&amp;max_to_show=10" mce_href="http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/30003374?single=1&amp;query_type=word&amp;queryword=performant&amp;first=1&amp;max_to_show=10">OED</A>, it means a person who performs something.</P> <P>In any case, I think it really isn't all that important (that is a "real word"). I know what they mean, they know what I mean, and isn't that the point?</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1897355" width="1" height="1">language