A scientist could measure the boiling point of a piece of metal the same way he or she would measure the boiling point of any other substance. You would subject the piece of metal to a measured amount of heat in a controlled fashion. First, the metal would melt from a solid to a liquid (the melting point). Then, the liquid metal would start to bubble and produce vapor at the boiling point. For most chemicals this would not be too difficult a study to perform. You would only require a heat source like a hotplate and thermometer. The difficulty in doing this with a metal is that most metals tend to have extremely high melting points. For example, nickel has a boiling point of almost 3,000 degrees C. So the difficulty would arise here in obtaining a heat source that could reach that temperature and also obtaining a thermometer that can operate at that temperature.
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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