In chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes the heat wafting over the city, pointing out repeatedly that conditions are both boiling and scorching. Fitzgerald emphasizes the heat in order to symbolize the heated emotions (passion, anger, etc.) that the characters are secretly harboring and which eventually break out in a heated debate. At this point in the novel, Tom has been involved in an adulterous relationship with Myrtle Wilson for some time, while Daisy has been having an affair with Gatsby. As such, there's quite a lot of tension lurking below the surface. When Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan travel to a hotel room in the city, this tension escalates, as Tom confronts Gatsby about his affair with Daisy, and a general argument breaks loose. This argument is a key turning point in the novel, as it sets up Gatsby's loss of Daisy and his coming downfall. Additionally, it mirrors the scalding weather, as the characters' heated emotions get the better of them and cause irreparable rifts in their relationships.
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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