In Chapter 1, "A Fable for Tomorrow," Rachel Carson uses an extended metaphor to describe a town in America that lives "in harmony with its surroundings." This idyllic town stands for the state of the environment before the widespread use of chemicals in America. Then, using another metaphor, she describes a "blight" that creeps over the land and changes it, sickening livestock and people. In a later metaphor, Carson describes a "stillness" that develops in which no birds are heard chirping and those that still live are unable to fly. The roadsides, once beautiful, are covered with desiccated vegetation "as though swept with fire" (this is an example of a simile, a comparison that uses "like" or "as" and is a kind of metaphorical language). The blight and stillness that Carson writes about are metaphors for the damage that pesticides and other toxins are causing in the environment.
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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