Chapter 3. A Practical Look at Performance
This chapter covers both the analysis and the optimization of script performance. We will warm up with some scenarios in which a good script can outpace a traditional pipeline of C applications. With this musing undertaken, we will proceed to tour the available analysis tools and apply them to a sample script. Finally, we will look at some algorithmic and linguistic optimization strategies.
It may come as a surprise to many that I would choose to talk about performance issues so early in the book. Scripting languages have a reputation for being slower than "real" languages like C. The problem with such thinking is that it is far too simplistic. I hope to demonstrate that, in the right circumstances and ...
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