Salutary neglect, which was the British policy towards the American colonists in the early to mid-1700's. It was a system of loose imperial control over the colonies and a lax enforcement of trade laws. The Navigation Acts made it impossible for colonists to trade with nations other than England. This led to smuggling of goods from the colonies. England turned a blind eye towards the abuses of the colonists during this period. The result of the period of salutary neglect was that the colonists learned to govern themselves and manage their own economies. An elite class emerged in the colonies that benefited from the autonomy. After England's prolonged war with France that included the French and Indian War in North America, the crown was desperate for increased revenues. They looked to the colonies for this bump in revenue. When England decided to enforce the tax and trade laws that were already on the books, the American colonists ultimately rebelled and the American Revolution was born.
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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