If we mean the American, or Trans-Appalachian West, then the reasons were fairly simple. American colonists desired more cheap land so that they could become independent landowners. This was the driving force behind westward expansion ever since the establishment of colonies along the North American coasts, and was a source of constant tension between British colonists and Native Americans. In the mid-eighteenth century, the main destination for settlers was the Piedmont of Virginia and the Carolinas and even as far south as Georgia. Settlers, mostly Scots-Irish, made their way down the so-called "Great Wagon Trail" from Pennsylvania into the region, where cheap land was to be had. In a little over a decade, settlers were already moving into the Ohio River Valley and Kentucky, defying a proclamation from King George III that lands west of the Appalachians were not to be settled. So expansion into the West was more the result of the desires of ordinary colonists (and wealthy land speculators) to gain cheap land than a concerted effort on the part of the British crown to colonize the region. In fact, the Crown sought to limit these settlements.
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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