Tom Robinson is a respected individual throughout his community and comes from a good family. Link Deas even mentions that he has never had any trouble from Tom Robinson in the eight years he's worked for him. However, once Tom Robinson is accused of assaulting and raping Mayella Ewell, the citizens of Maycomb treat him like an outcast. In Chapter 12, Calpurnia takes the children to First Purchase African M.E. and Reverend Sykes takes up a second offering for Tom's family. When Scout asks why they were collecting money for Mrs. Robinson, Reverend Sykes tells her that Helen cannot find any work and she needs the money to take care of their children. The citizens of Maycomb realize that Tom is essentially guilty before he is even tried. A black man's word against the testimony of a white person is futile. No one, except Link Deas, is willing associate with the Robinson family. Therefore, Tom is treated as a guilty man and the citizens neglect him before the trial even begins.
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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