Liam O'Flaherty's short story "The Sniper" is set on a Dublin rooftop during the Irish Civil War. Republicans are fighting Free Staters in a pitched street battle. The protagonist of the story is a Republican sniper who is positioned on a rooftop not far from the Four Courts government buildings which had been occupied by Republican troops. The protagonist is pitted against his opposite, a sniper for the Free State forces. The Free State sniper is considered the antagonist of the story because he is in direct conflict with the protagonist. When the protagonist reveals himself, he is wounded by the antagonist. Ultimately, however, the Republican sniper is able to trick his enemy into showing himself and then kills the man with one shot from his pistol. At the end of the story, the antagonist is revealed to be the brother of the protagonist.
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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