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Re: min max from tuples in list

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Date	2013-12-16 23:08 +1100
Subject	Re: min max from tuples in list
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.4210.1387195732.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Well "performant" is performant enough for the purposes of communicating
>>>on the python list I think :D
>>
>>       Most probably could figure it out as being stylistically similar to
>>"conformant", which I believe IS used in English <G>
>>
>>conformant => something that conforms
>>performant => something that performs
>
> Yes, I suspect it comes from people expecting too much consistency.  If
> something that has "conformance" is "conformant", then something that has
> good "performance" must be "performant".

In a surprising coincidence, the word "performant" came up in a Daily
MTG article today:

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/278

Though it is used in double quotes to indicate that it's not exactly
standard English :)

Funny to see two nerdy interests meet!

ChrisA

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min max from tuples in list Robert Voigtländer <r.voigtlaender@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 23:25 -0800
  Re: min max from tuples in list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-12 19:18 +1100
  Re: min max from tuples in list Robert Voigtländer <r.voigtlaender@gmail.com> - 2013-12-12 00:34 -0800
    Re: min max from tuples in list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-12 19:43 +1100
  Re: min max from tuples in list Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-12 09:35 +0100
  Re: min max from tuples in list Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-12-12 10:52 +0200
  Re: min max from tuples in list Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-12 10:03 +0100
  Re: min max from tuples in list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-12 11:44 +0000
    Re: min max from tuples in list Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-12-12 06:04 -0600
    Re: min max from tuples in list MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-12-12 12:36 +0000
      Re: min max from tuples in list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-12 23:25 +0000
    Re: min max from tuples in list Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-12-12 13:54 +0100
      Re: min max from tuples in list Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-13 02:36 +0000
    Re: min max from tuples in list Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-12 10:02 -0500
      Re: min max from tuples in list Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-12 15:13 +0000
        Re: min max from tuples in list Robert Voigtländer <r.voigtlaender@gmail.com> - 2013-12-12 22:28 -0800
          Re: min max from tuples in list rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 10:06 -0800
            Re: min max from tuples in list Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-12-13 19:30 -0500
              Re: min max from tuples in list Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-12-14 19:41 -0800
                Re: min max from tuples in list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-16 23:08 +1100
                Re: min max from tuples in list rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-16 07:49 -0800
                Re: min max from tuples in list Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-12-16 10:59 -0500
                Re: min max from tuples in list Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-12-17 11:49 +1300
  Re: min max from tuples in list Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 01:33 +0000

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