January 2004 - Posts

Caching Implies Policy
19 January 04 02:24 PM | ricom | 11 Comments   

A colleague of mine once said those words in a meeting and they really hit a chord with me. I think there's a lot of meat in those three words. We often reach for caches to improve performance. However, it is vitally important to make a deliberate, thoughtful, Read More...

Filed under: performance, design advice

Some Thoughts About Inlining
14 January 04 03:04 PM | ricom | 9 Comments   

There’s a few things I’d like to say about inlining in the managed world. I guess I should start with the basics of why it’s important, but before I do, remember that like all my advice this is to be taken in moderation with due consideration Read More...

Filed under: performance

Reusable code vs. Performant code
08 January 04 05:20 PM | ricom | 3 Comments   

I just happened across this quote and it makes me want to rush out and buy that book... “In the last ten years we have encountered quite a few C++ projects that fell far short of their required performance. At the heart of those performance failures Read More...

Filed under: ramblings