Percy actually does not have ADHD. This is something Annabeth explains to him once he arrives at Camp Half-Blood. He's always been told that he has dyslexia, but Annabeth explains that he does not; it's just that his brain his hard-wired for ancient Greek writing, and so 21st-century American English simply doesn't compute correctly. Also, Percy's always been described as impulsive and had a hard time sitting still in the classroom, but Annabeth explains that these are his "battle-field reflexes" and not a lack of impulse control at all. Finally, Annabeth tells Percy that another reason he seems to have attention problems is that he sees more than the average mortal, not less. This is another reason he's been told he has ADHD. She claims that most of the teachers are monsters, and this is one major reason that they'd want Percy on ADHD medicine: they don't want him to be able to see them for what they really are.
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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