Feudalism was a very rigid and stratified economic and social class system that existed in medieval Europe. Essentially it was a system where land ownership was the currency. A manor lord would grant fiefs, or tracts of land, to a nobleman in exchange for military service. This nobleman was titled as a knight. The majority of the population was bound to agricultural service to the land as a serf. Everybody was expected to swear allegiance to the king. As time went on, the tracts of land were divided up among noblemen to the extent that a very confusing system of allegiances developed in Europe. The practice of feudalism discouraged trade and nation building. Within this system, knights were to swear an oath of chivalry. This oath was focused on loyalty to the king and the Roman Catholic Church. It was a way of ensuring that the knights, who were known to be brilliant warriors, also acted with discretion and morality.
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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