In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank says, "Our freedom was strictly limited" in the first entry (there are two) dated Saturday, 20 June, 1942. She says this after itemizing all of the things that Jewish people were not allowed to do. For example, Anne says that one of the first decrees made when the Nazis took over Holland was to force all Jews to wear yellow stars on their clothes at all times. Then, transportation was limited because Jews had to hand in their bicycles, were not allowed to drive, and could not take public transportation. They had to walk everywhere they needed to go. Next, shopping could only be done by Jews in the late afternoon and only at designated Jewish shops. Curfews were put in place, and Jews could not attend theaters, swimming pools, or sports grounds anymore. The Jewish children also had to attend their own schools. Anne's friend Jopie would say, "You're scared to do anything, because it may be forbidden" (4). It is at this point in her diary that Anne says their freedom "was strictly limited," and she couldn't be more right. After such a list of restrictions, it would feel as though they were imprisoned in their own communities.
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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