One of the themes of the story is the possibility of redemption, especially for sinners. The baby in the story, christened Thomas Luck, is born from Cherokee Sal, a prostitute. After Sal dies in childbirth, the men at the camp are redeemed by taking care of the baby. They give him a christening, and, as Harte writes, "Soon after the ceremony, Roaring Camp began to change." The proprietor of the store where the men play cards decides to install rugs and mirrors, and the rowdy and disheveled men, seeing themselves in the mirrors, decide to care for their hair, beards, and clothes. They keep their voices down in the camp so that the baby can sleep, and the camp becomes a place of serenity. When a flood courses through the town, the baby is sadly killed, and Kentuck, who cared for the baby, is mortally injured. He goes out to sea, taking the baby with him--a symbol that he brings the luck and redemption he has achieved with him to his demise. Another major theme of the story is the changeable nature of fate or luck, as the baby quickly brings joy to the camp, but the men's fate changes just as quickly with the dangerous flood that rips through the camp.
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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