Grendel is frequently described as one of the descendants of Cain, and thus he is forced to wander the world in isolation, cut off from civilization and community. It's suggested that the light-filled joy of Heorot, with its many feasts and gatherings of large groups of people, anger Grendel, and so he attacks the mead hall in order to put an end to the merriment. This aspect of Beowulf is one of the most interesting parts of the poem. Grendel, for all his demonic cunning, is not necessarily pure evil; rather, he's an outcast, an isolated loner who seems to long for some kind of community and is unable to deal with the fact that others experience joy while he does not. Thus, even though he is one of the villains of the story, Grendel becomes almost sympathetic, as he attacks Heorot in order to put a stop to the joyful celebrations that remind him that he is alone.
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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