During the trial, King's lawyer, Asa Briggs, cross-examines Detective Karyl and asks him if he dusted the area for any fingerprints. Karyl says that the crime-scene technicians didn't find any fingerprints that they could establish belonging to the perpetrator. Briggs then asks him if it is true that they hurried the investigation in order to seek informants willing to give information on the case. Karyl responds by saying that they treat each case carefully and that they don't just go through the motions. Briggs then asks Karyl if they found any fingerprints on the cash register or the counter. Karyl tells him that none of the prints were clear enough to use. Asa Briggs then comments that it isn't hard to find people in jail that are willing to swear that somebody else is a bad guy. After Karyl says that they check every story and give everybody the benefit of the doubt, Briggs says, "But you don't check for fingerprints?" (Myers 80). Briggs is attempting to persuade the jury that the investigation was rushed, and the detectives simply took the word of other criminals attempting to receive shorter sentences by casting the blame on other people.
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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