Bobby Gillian is a man in love and he seems to be willing to do anything to express that love, including giving up, first a thousand dollars and then fifty thousand dollars to the woman he loves without her ever knowing about it. As in another O. Henry short story, "Gift of the Magi", Gillian's generosity is quite in line with the best principles of Christianity. He knows that neither money nor appearing to be rich will win the heart of Miss Hayden. He is self-deprecating and magnanimous. He displays incredible generosity and a carefree style which indicates that for Gillian, love is more important than money. In the end, it is doubtful whether Miss Hayden will ever love Gillian. When he confesses that he loves her, she simply says she is sorry. Gillian, however, cannot resist giving her the money anyway. It is for him only important that she be happy. Although he is initially portrayed as irresponsible and somewhat of a bore, he turns out to be quite passionate and honorable in the treatment of his inheritance.
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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