On August 5th, Walton describes picking up this stranger on the ice, and by the end of the very same letter, he says that he "begin[s] to love [the man] as a brother [...]." Moreover, his next letter is dated just eight days later, on the 13th, and Walton says that he is "like a celestial spirit, that has a halo around him [...]." This stranger begins to sound almost like a god, or at least some sort of divine entity that is elevated above the merely human. The praise, at this point, does not seem entirely justified. So far, Walton has only said that the stranger's "whole countenance is lighted up [...] with a beam of benevolence and sweetness" whenever anyone performs even the smallest kindness or service for him, but it doesn't take a lot to be grateful when people are kind. Walton says a great deal more about the fact that the stranger often seems "overcome by gloom" and that his "dejection never leaves him." Thus far, then, the stranger seems to be a pretty depressed guy who is yet capable of gratitude when someone is kind to him, but he hardly seems like a divine being.
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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