min max from tuples in list

[rusi]

On Friday, December 13, 2013 11:58:51 AM UTC+5:30, Robert Voigtländer wrote:
> >I've heard the term used often.  It means something like, "performs 
> >well" or "runs fast".  It may or may not be an English word, but that 
> >doesn't stop people from using it :-) 

> > If "google" can be used to mean "make huge amouts of money with a 
> > product that is inherently flawed" then I'll happily accept "performant" 
> > as an English word, regardless of whether the English variant is UK, US, 
> > Australian, New Zealand, Soth African, Geordie, Glaswegian or any other :)

> Indeed it's not an english word. I have to stop using it. In German
> it's used with the meaning of "runs fast". Even though it's already
> not that clearly defined there.

> Thanks for the help on the topic of data aggregation. It helped a
> lot and I again learned somthing.  I have a performant .. well
> .. fast running solution now.

Well "performant" is performant enough for the purposes of communicating
on the python list I think :D