Julius Caesar was a very popular reformer and military general in Rome. He brazenly led his troops across the Rubicon River in 49 BC in an effort to secure complete control of Rome from his rival, Pompey. He was successful in his quest to utilize his loyal military forces to control the entire peninsula. Pompey did not have success against Caesar and fled to Greece and then Egypt. Caesar's forces pursued Pompey to both places and had him eliminated in Egypt. This left the Senate with a vexing question: What is to be done with Caesar? It seemed that his political influence and power could not be contained. Caesar even declared himself dictator for life, which was unprecedented. The Senate was very concerned about the power that he acquired in such short order and they decided that he should be assassinated for the good of the Republic.
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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