In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman can't grow plants from seeds because he has an inability to succeed. Throughout the play, Willy tries to be successful at the things he does (including being a salesman, a father, a good provider, and a well-liked person), but he fails at each of these. He is misguided in his expectations and cannot face reality; this causes his ultimate downfall and can be considered his fatal flaw. Growing plants from seeds is symbolic of Willy's flaws. Growth of a plant represents prosperity and new life. Willy cannot do something as simple as growing plants, and he recognizes that this shouldn't be that difficult. The repeated failures Willy faces eventually beat him down, and, at the end of the play, he takes his own life as he succumbs to despair.
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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