Jing-Mei Woo (who has the nickname of "June") prepares for the talent show by taking piano lessons from the deaf Mrs. Chong (who is a retired piano teacher). Therefore, although June does prepare for the talent show, she certainly does not prepare well. Instead, June puts her hope in the idea that she is truly a "prodigy" and does not need too much practice. It is June's mother who is most looking forward to the performance so that her daughter can show her great talent to the Joy Luck Club. June has been told so often that she is a prodigy she "almost" believes it as the talent show begins. Unfortunately, she gives a poor performance of Schumann's piece called "Pleading Child." Only Mrs. Chong applauds for June. Of course, June is not really a prodigy; therefore, her talent was not enough to impress June's mother and her friends.
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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