In Chapter 7, Jem and Scout write a note to the anonymous person who has been leaving them gifts in the knothole of the Radley tree. The next morning on their way to school, Jem runs ahead of Scout to put the note into the tree and discovers that the knothole has been filled in with cement. When he turns around to face Scout, she says, "I saw him go stark white" (Lee 39). Jem is in shock and extremely depressed after finding out that the knothole has been filled in. Jem did not expect to see the cement inside of the tree which is why he looked like he had seen a ghost. The next day, Jem asks Nathan Radley if he put the cement in the tree and Nathan lies to him by telling Jem that the tree was dying. Nathan's actions suggest that he was attempting to stop communication between Boo and the children.
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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