The Cunninghams are a poor farming family who live in the northern part of Maycomb County called Old Sarum. Despite the fact that they are extremely poor, the Cunninghams are respectful, honest individuals. They refuse to take anything that they cannot pay back and are trusted throughout the community. Walter Cunningham, Jr. is a kind, shy boy in Scout's class and his father gets along with Atticus. Although the community members respect the Cunninghams, they are known to get drunk and cause havoc occasionally. In Chapter 15, Walter Cunningham and the Old Sarum bunch attempt to lynch Tom Robinson. Fortunately, Atticus refuses to leave the scene, and Walter is able to see the error in his decision making. The next day, Atticus explains to his children that Walter Cunningham is still a good person and that he was influenced by mob mentality the previous night. Overall, the Cunninghams are resourceful, trustworthy individuals who try their best to make ends meet.
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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