Shakespeare presents Antonio as a gracious friend who willingly risks his life to fund Bassanio's trip to Belmont so that he can try to marry Portia. Shylock is viewed as a vindictive Jew who seeks revenge from Antonio for treating him unfairly and ridiculing his practice of usury. Shylock is also greedy, and his love of money is evident throughout the play. He laments about Jessica stealing his money and jewels when she elopes with Lorenzo. Although Antonio is viewed as a magnanimous individual, he is prejudiced towards Shylock and causes him much grief. However, Shylock refuses to show mercy to Antonio, and Antonio is willing to sacrifice his life for his friend. Antonio's willingness to die for Bassanio is why Antonio is ultimately a more moral individual and better person than Shylock.
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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