The poem "Legal Alien," by Pat Mora, describes the experiences of bilingual and bicultural Mexican-American individuals. It illustrates the transitions between two distinct languages and cultural contexts within daily life, and the feelings of isolation and alienation from being on the fringe of both cultures. The use of both Spanish and English within the poem illustrates these transitions, particularly in the line "able to slip from 'How's life?'/to 'Me'stan volviendo loca.'" The shift from Spanish to English is compared from the transition between typing in English in an American office building to ordering in Spanish from a Mexican restaurant. The use of the two languages in the poems conveys how fluidly bicultural individuals alternate between and navigate distinct cultures and tongues in their daily lives.
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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