Yes, the animals are more or less behaving like humans. This is because Orwell wrote the story to illustrate in very simple terms, term that the average person could grasp, how political movements originally based on ideals of justice and fairness can be hijacked by those hungry for power. The specific reference point is the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, with Napoleon representing Stalin and Snowball Trotsky, but the implications are broader. Orwell hopes his audiences will see how they can be like the innocent animals in the story, duped when the "pigs" (in the broadest sense representations of power-hungry people) manipulate language and violence to serve their own agendas. Language was important to Orwell and he wanted to show us, as humans, how important it is to carefully examine what is being said to us to make sure it makes sense and that, under the guise of protecting our rights, words aren't twisted to steal our rights. By using animals, which provided some distance from humans, Orwell hoped to make crystal clear the danger of power and propaganda.
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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