Performance anti-patterns

"This list of performance anti-patterns is by no means complete; however, being familiar with those issues that have made our work more challenging should help others avoid them—or at least recognize them more quickly. Although not all of our projects may have the performance resources we might like, avoiding these anti-patterns will make even those limited resources that much more effective. Remember, the performance work done at the beginning of the project in terms of benchmark, algorithm, and data-structure selection will pay tremendous dividends later on—enough, perhaps, to allow you to avoid that traditional performance fire drill at the end."

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