Ferdinand Toennies was a German sociologist who coined the terms gemeinschaft and gesellschaft to describe the socialization patterns in rural and urban areas respectively. With gemeinschaft people have close personal ties to each other and are governed largely by tradition. Thus in a rural village everyone knows everyone else and there is a sense of kinship in the community. The word gemeinschaft is actually German for community. In the deep south in the USA people have a strong religious background and all members of the community belong to the community church. Thus with gemeinschaft there is a high degree of social cohesion. With gesellschaft - the kind of social organization seen in more complex societies, communication is largely impersonal and people often lack a sense of belonging or identity and are often isolated and lonely.
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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