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'performs more [efficiently|accuratley]' would be proper english (not that i speak it well.... :D).

webster says:

"performant"

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    preformant performance performing performances performable preformants perforate conformant perform formant performed informant performer perforata performers performs preformat



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).


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.


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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