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The One Where Speed Matters
Writing for performance
Most users agree that applications can never be fast enough. Anytime you talk to people about what annoys them in a piece of software, performance, or lack thereof, it is the one thing that gets to the top of the list.
And that makes sense: we are all busy, and we certainly don’t want to spend time waiting for a piece of machinery to catch up with us. It has to be the other way around!
But if you think about it, you’ll realize it is a miracle that computers can do anything at all within a reasonable time. If you think you’re busy, just look at everything computers need to do! You can do the following experiment:
- Reboot your computer.
- Log in.
- Start (if you’re using Windows) Task Manager (hint: ...
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