Sarah Orne Jewett uses Sylvia's interest in birds to advance the plot when we learn that the visiting hunter's priority is locating the nest belonging to the white heron he's seen in the woods. On the night he arrives, Sylvia's grandmother tells him that "'the wild creatur's counts her one o' themselves. Squer'ls she'll tame to come an' feed right out o' her hands, and all sorts o' birds.'" The hunter didn't even attend to the personal information Mrs. Tilley shared because of "his eager interest in something else. 'So Sylvy knows all about birds, does she?' he exclaimed." Thus, Sylvia's knowledge of the birds makes her useful to the hunter, and so he prolongs his visit with her and her grandmother in an attempt to put her knowledge to use for him. Were it not for her interest in and knowledge of the birds, he would likely not have stayed with them as long as he does. He proceeds to charm her, offering her trinkets and even money in an attempt to win her over and get her to tell him where the heron makes its nest, and this series of interactions furthers the plot and introduces the conflict of the story.
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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