Solitude helped Thoreau to appreciate society better because, as he writes in the chapter entitled "Solitude," "Society is commonly too cheap." In other words, we spend so much time with other people: at every meal, at the post office, at the fireside at night, and so on. We are constantly running into one another, and so we don't really have an opportunity to miss other people. Have you ever heard of the expression Absence makes the heart grow fonder? Thoreau's sentiment is quite similar to this idea. He says that our constant company renders it like a "musty cheese" that we foist on each other over and over. He believes that, when we are always with other people, "we [...] lose some respect for one another." More solitude gives us the opportunity to be truly glad when we do have company and it prevents this company from becoming a "musty cheese" that we must endure and instead becomes enjoyable.
As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...
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