In Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the wagon or carriage driver is in the midst of conducting some business, or of running an important errand. But he stops the horse at the woods, just so he can take in and watch the beauty of the snowflakes falling on the trees. His dilemma is that he doesn’t have a lot of time to spend—or waste, depending on how you look at it—to pause here for very long. He can’t turn his full attention to nature and to the weather, to merely enjoy the moment. He has other commitments, other duties, and other responsibilities to attend to. He makes enough time to take care of himself here, spiritually. But then he must continue on, to his additional “promises” and those “miles to go.” His story is an example of the real-life challenge of balancing personal time and paying time, or work.
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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