I would probably argue that Alyce is exactly what Jane needed in an apprentice; however, Alyce is exactly what Jane did not want in an apprentice. Alyce is a motivated young lady. She wants to learn Jane's trade. She wants to help with bringing new life into the world, and she wants to help people get better. She's intelligent, eager to learn, and isn't afraid of challenges. Alyce is exactly the kind of student that a teacher wants to work with. Unfortunately, Jane is not looking for a motivated student to teach. Jane is looking for a helper with a weak will. That way Jane can control her apprentice. Jane wants an apprentice who does exactly what she is told to do and nothing more. Jane doesn't want competition in her trade, which is why she intentionally keeps pertinent midwife training and knowledge away from Alyce. In Jane's opinion, Alyce isn't what she needs, because Jane is too much of an independent apprentice.
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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