Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!dgcad!dg-rtp!larrybud.rtp.dg.com!goudreau From: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: POSIX bashing Message-ID: <1991Apr2.033339.17048@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 03:33:39 GMT References: <15621@smoke.brl.mil> <127225@uunet.UU.NET> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 19 In article <127225@uunet.UU.NET>, rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes: > ? Has anyone implemented this design-by-committee? Does it actually work > ? (other than in theory)? Is it performant? Is it useful? > ? > ?Is performant a real word? Is it necessary? Isn't the English > ?vocabulary large enough already? > > Perhaps performant means "conformant" + "performs"? Yeah, then how come I can't find "conformant" in my dictionary either? I suspect that it's one of those bastardized combinations of two other words, like "irregardless" (coined by someone who confused & combined "irrespective" and "regardless"). In "conformant"'s case, the collision appears to be between "conforming" and "compliant". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA