The Performance of Open Source Applications
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In 1974, Donald Knuth wrote, "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil." With computers available now that are millions of times faster than those available then, today's programmers have even less reason to worry about shaving cycles and saving bytes than those a generation ago. But "less" isn't "none": every once in a while, squeezing the last ounce of performance out of the machine really does matter. This book is written by over a dozen developers who have grappled with slow code, memory leaks, or uncontrollable latency
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Manufacturer: lulu.com
Release date: 7 October 2013
ISBN-10 : 1304488780 | ISBN-13: 9781304488787
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Release date: 7 October 2013
ISBN-10 : 1304488780 | ISBN-13: 9781304488787
