(One of the authors here)<p>This is by far my favourite post in this entire thread -- I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve ever seen Seymour Cray referenced as an authority in this manner before :)<p>Not specifically to OP, but for everyone unhappy about the use of performant: Pretty happy to concede that it isn&#x27;t our finest bit of writing. Pretentiousness? Lack of technical nous? A bit of hurried&#x2F;careless wording? I&#x27;ll let you folks decide...