The African-American spiritual songs were meant to break the monotony of slave life but there were also hidden messages in them. Inside these songs were coded messages which slaves could take as signs to escape or directions on where to escape. In the song "Sweet Chariot," the "chariot" in the song is the Underground Railroad, swinging "low" means "coming South" and "home" is the North or Canada. It was said to be one of Harriet Tubman's favorite song. "Follow the Drinking Gourd" refers to the Big Dipper which was a constellation that slaves used to find their way north as they traveled at night. The song "Steal Away" was also a favorite of slaves about to escape; whites would think it would be a song about Heaven, but slaves would know that the final destination would be free territory. These songs were important as most slaves could not read and it was dangerous to openly discuss escaping in white society.
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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