The speech "I Have a Dream," delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963, is a call for economic and social equality between Black and White Americans, and freedom from racist laws and threats of violence. King specifically calls for equal rights such as the right for African Americans to vote in the southern states, and integration of schools and neighborhoods. The speech contains references to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, documents which promise all Americans rights to freedom and equal opportunity, to argue that African Americans deserve the same access to rights and freedoms as all other Americans. Throughout the speech, King outlines his dream of a future in which people of different races coexist in harmony, with equal rights and access to opportunity.
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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