While some debate the use of the term, both Cornelius Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie are prime examples of people labeled robber barons. Like other very wealthy and powerful businessmen in later 19th century U.S. society, they used their economic dominance and control of important industries in ways that many observers considered unethical and contrary to the principles of U.S. democracy. To some eyes, they behaved more like rampaging medieval warrior barons than good down-to-earth American patriots. They set up monopolies, employed unfair competitive practices to crush their business rivals, bought political influence to protect their interests, and lived in multiple palatial homes while badly underpaying their workers. They were often depicted as greedy and ruthless in their pursuit of profit at all costs.
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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