At the beginning of the novella, old Major gives an impassioned speech persuading the animals on Manor Farm to revolt against Mr. Jones. Old Major begins his speech by speaking about the nature of life on the farm. Old Major tells the animals that their lives are miserable, laborious, and short. He mentions that they are given just enough food to survive, worked until they can no longer stand, and are slaughtered the second that they cannot contribute to the farm. The nature of life on the farm for the animals is bleak, unfulfilling, and tragic. Old Major also tells the animals that none of them knows what it's like to be happy or have leisure time. He proceeds to explain how Man is the cause of their misery and slavery.
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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