Just as the fog prevents people from seeing clearly in the literal sense, the fog seems to be presented as symbolic of Scrooge's inability to see in a figurative sense: he cannot see what his real priorities ought to be or that the choices he has made in his life have actually caused him to be alone. As he walks home on Christmas Eve, the fog is especially thick, just as Scrooge's selfishness and lack of compassion are at their height. When he wakes up on Christmas morning, one of the first things he notices is that the fog has lifted, and it is a bright and clear day. Scrooge's mental fog, if you will, has also lifted, and he now understands how he should view his fellows, that he should live to help them in every way that he can, and that he should reach out to his nephew, Fred, his only living family.
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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