Montresor describes Fortunato as someone who has injured and insulted him one too many times, and so now Montresor has sworn revenge. Montresor also says that Fortunato has only one flaw, and though he never names it explicitly, it seems likely that this flaw is pride because it is Fortunato's pride that Montresor exploits in order to lure Fortunato to his vaults so that he can kill him. However, he also claims that Fortunato, other than this one weak point, is actually a man who many respect and even fear. He is a true connoisseur of wine, and he takes great pride in his expertise (which Montresor admits is real), though he has no real skill in painting or gemmary. When Montresor finds Fortunato on the night the story takes place, Fortunato is dressed as a jester and has been celebrating Carnival by drinking heavily.
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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