In Chapter 3, Miss Caroline is teaching when suddenly a tiny bug jumps out of Burris Ewell's hair. The small bug scares Miss Caroline who steps back and begins to scream. Initially, the students find her reaction amusing, and Little Chuck Little informs her that it is only a "cootie" before getting her a cool glass of water. A "cootie" is simply a slang term for a small bug, in particular, a head louse. Scout goes on to mention that Burris Ewell is the dirtiest person she has ever seen. Miss Caroline finally settles down and tells Burris that he needs to go home and wash up. Burris then disrespects Miss Caroline and begins to call her rude names before he leaves the classroom.
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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