In "Equality," the poet Maya Angelou describes her experiences as a Black woman and expresses a desire for equality and freedom to an intentionally indifferent audience. Angelou addresses the poem to someone who recognizes her suffering but claims to be unaware of the problems facing Black women. "Equality" is a poem that could change the perspective of one who feels indifferent to the experiences of Black women, because Angelou combines her repeated call for equality with an order to "take the blinders from your vision/take the padding from your ears" regarding the treatment of Black women. Angelou's cultural analysis, combined with her use of the second person to address readers who are willingly ignorant of her experiences, has potential to educate audiences and inspire them to gain awareness of the challenges facing African Americans and women.
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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