In the first chapter, Scout gives a detailed description of her family and the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout mentions that her father, Atticus, went to Montgomery to "read law." She says, "When my father was admitted to the bar, he returned to Maycomb and began his practice" (Lee 5). Scout goes on to comment that Atticus' first two clients were hanged in the Maycomb County jail after refusing to plead guilty to second-degree murder. She also mentions that Atticus' first experience in the courtroom was the beginning of his distaste for the practice of criminal law. Atticus' occupation as a lawyer is significant to the plot of the novel because he is faced with the difficult task of defending an innocent black man in front of a prejudiced jury. Atticus faces discrimination from his community members for defending Tom Robinson, but follows his conscience and valiantly defends Tom. Despite the fact that Atticus' arguments clearly depict Tom's innocence, the prejudiced jury wrongly convicts Tom because he is a black man.
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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