In Chapter 1, Scout describes her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. She says that Maycomb was a small, old town where people moved slowly. Scout says that in the summer the weather could become extremely hot to the point that men's stiff collars would wilt by nine in the morning. The ladies of Maycomb were gentle Southern Belles who would bathe at noon and fan themselves on their porches after they took their naps. People were in no hurry because there was nothing to do in Maycomb. Scout also mentions that people had little to no money to spend because of the economic crisis. No much in Maycomb had changed since the Civil War and most of the businesses were situated around the town center. Maycomb is also a rather melancholy town which is a common element of Southern Gothic literature. Since nothing goes on in the small town, most of the attention is focused on the controversial trial of Tom Robinson.
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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