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25th June 08 – London .Net User Group Event

Posted in London .Net User Group by zimakki on the June 25th, 2008

Where

Conchango
36 Southwark Bridge Road,
London,
SE1 9EU

 

When

25th June 2008 @6.30

 

What

We are going to have two speakers, Ian Cooper and Ben Lamb. Ian is going to be talking about CRC cards. Below is a description of what Ben is going to be talkin about.

How to Write Crap Code in C# – Anti-Patterns for Performance
Most developers want the best possible performance from their code. Inspired by the idea of “proof by contradiction” this talk looks at how to write slow code and how the .NET platform, Windows and the processor will try and sabotage your efforts. A variety of techniques for inefficient coding will be covered including:
Flow control with Exceptions
Abusing Threads
Misuse of the Heap

It’s one man against some of the brightest minds in Redmond, seeking an answer to the question “How Slow Can It Go?”