As Juliet awaits Romeo, she muses on love and lovers, wishing for night to fall so that Romeo can safely ascend to her bedroom and they can spend the night together. As Juliet eagerly anticipates Romeo's arrival, she considers what it will be like to lose her virginity to her husband, thinking of how handsome he is. She says, in part, "Oh, I have bought the mansion of a love, / But not possessed it, and though I am sold, / Not yet enjoyed" (3.2.28-30). What she means is that she begun the process of marriage, but she has not completed it. Though she belongs to Romeo now, he hasn't made her his yet. In other words, Juliet is married, but she and Romeo have not consummated their marriage yet. Via metaphor, she compares love to a mansion, a luxurious and beautiful home, but she has not moved into it yet. Although Juliet no longer belongs to her father, having been "sold" to her husband, the metaphorical transaction is not complete until Romeo has "enjoyed" her. Once Juliet has lost her virginity to Romeo, she will consider herself as having "possessed" the mansion of love.
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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