Could someone point me to an article, or write some tips right here about some C++ programming habits that are generally valid (no real drawbacks) and improves performance? I do not mean …

3 For Windows development, I've been using Software Verification's Performance Validator - it's fast, reasonably accurate, and reasonably priced. Best yet, it can instrument a running …

Jan 16, 2009 · In my class design, I use abstract classes and virtual functions extensively. I had a feeling that virtual functions affects the performance. Is this true? But I think this performance …

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The thing that makes C++ (almost) unique, and uniquely suited for high-performance programming, is that you can build high-level abstractions that come at no runtime cost. So …

See also How would you benchmark the performance of a function? for Google Benchmark which avoids many of the pitfalls of rolling your own microbenchmark. Also Simple for () loop …

The best performance you can achieve is a valid requirement sometimes, and often the reason someone has used c++ rather than another language. And measuring isn't always a good idea.

The C++ language is more complex than the C language, but from a performance point of view there shouldn't be a notable difference in either way. Some C++ constructs are faster than the …

194 What's the best practice for using a switch statement vs using an if statement for 30 unsigned enumerations where about 10 have an expected action (that presently is the same action). …

Dec 12, 2012 · The main impact on performance was the possibility of exception specifications (removed in C++11), which however were never fully implemented by the main Windows C++ …