In Chapter 15, Atticus travels to the Maycomb jailhouse and sits outside of Tom Robinson's cell just in case an angry mob attempts lynch Tom before the trial. Sure enough, several dusty old cars arrive from the Meridian Highway, and a group of men get out of each car. Scout, Jem, and Dill secretly watch as the Old Sarum bunch surrounds Atticus. Walter Cunningham, the leader of the mob, tells Atticus to step aside. Atticus refuses to move because he knows that group of men want to harm Tom Robinson before the trial. In an attempt to hear their conversation, Scout runs out into the group of strangers and feels embarrassed. Unaware of the serious situation she has entered, Scout looks for a familiar face. She eventually gets the attention of Walter Cunningham, who realizes the error in his decision to intimidate Atticus in order to harm Tom Robinson. Walter then tells the rest of the Old Sarum bunch that it's time to go home, and Tom Robinson remains unharmed.
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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