Sergeant Bickle listens patiently to Phoebe’s story of her mother being kidnapped. While he does not believe her, he does see that she has been through a hard time after her mother has left. He calls Mr. Winterbottom and has him come to pick up the girls. Presumably, he has explained to Mr. Winterbottom why Phoebe has come to the police station, but Mr. Winterbottom has heard this story before. Phoebe more than once demanded that her father call the police. In his own sadness, Mr. Winterbottom can see Phoebe’s sadness but is not able to relieve it. Sergeant Bickle sees that the two of them need to talk this out. It is a matter for family, not for the police. Sal has agreed to take action, not because she thinks Mrs. Winterbottom has been kidnapped, but because she knows that Phoebe must explore every avenue, much as Sal did when her own mother left.
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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