Although it is written in a first person point of view, the speaker of the poem is not necessarily William Wordsworth. The speaker seems to be a traveller who is about to walk up a hill when they hear the reaper's song. The woman reaping in the fields is singing "a melancholy strain" in another language, but the speaker says it makes them feel welcome. The speaker stops to listen more closely to the reaper's song, as he cannot determine what she is singing about. The speaker wonders if it is about the past, issues in modern times, or a more timeless feeling, like sorrow, pain, or loss. Regardless of what the reaper's seemingly never-ending song is about, it makes the speaker feel connected to the reaper and they are moved by her song. The speaker is acknowledging how much music can unite people, even if they are from very different backgrounds and do not speak the same language. The speaker holds the music in his or her heart "long after it was heard no more."
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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