I've some questions regarding rebasing.
How does the process of ngen work which sets the base address? I observed
that some native images have got the same base address. Will this harm the
startup performance?

Hi Group,
I have a huge one GB file to do some processing (sorting) using .Net
Framework (C-Sharp language). What is the best efficent way to do this.
I have tried opening the file and reading it in blocks and do the sorting,

Anynone?
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I was testing performance of the some classes recently and spotted strange
behaviour: simple loop executes faster when compiled under debug
configuration than release... Take a look:
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I am running an ACT test to stress my web application. I
have created my script, which seems to work fine. I want
to run with 500 concurrent users, but when I do this it
seems the test center sends all 500 requests at once, this

I am trying to figure out how GC.Collect(2) works. here is what I did.
I created a windows form with a button. on click of button, i have this
simple code.
object obj = new object();

i have a big database interaction class with many CRUD operations in it. We create instance of the class, and call a single function. Something inside me tells i can gain a performance boost if i convert this database interaction class to static (Shared in VisualBasic). Is it ...

Guys,
could anyone suggest me the tools available for performance optimizations
also, since i am new to the subject (apart from the basics), where to look for (bottlenecks etc)
also, any book/url/tools(how to use them) will be highly appreciated

Hi. I'm working with an app that uses exceptions for control flow.
These are code blocks where exceptions are thrown/caught regularly.  A
couple hundred exceptions occur per hour and they're caught close to
the point of origination.  I'm trying to decide whether to refactor...

I wish to use a BinaryWriter on top of a BufferedStream on top of a
NetworkStream which is of course on a Socket.
When I call the Flush method of the BinaryWriter I know that this should
flush any data in the BinaryWriter's buffer, however does the BinaryWriter's

The CLR Profiler tool always crashes part-way through when I use it to
profile an app I'm developing. Outside of CLR Profiler, the app normally
runs for about 20 minutes doing heavy text processing. With CLR Profiler it
runs for about 2-5 minutes and then triggers an assert dialog ...

Can clr hosting improve startup time?
For now we simply start the managed exe from within an unmanaged controller
application. If we load the clr before starting an app will it boost the
startup performance?

I have a class vaiable of type ArrayList, I would like the varaible never to be collcted by the GC, at some points however I need to call the clear method on the variable.
Am I correct in thinking that the calling clear on this varaible, makes the variable elegable for GC to ...

We are doing a project where we are transfering file data via .net remoting
on a TCP/Binary channel.  We did initial benchmarks on a 100 mbit network
and compared our file transfer to the standard windows transfer (map a drive
from the remote machine and copy the file). The windows ...

  I am trying to close a socket on which I am listening. I know that this will cause the ObjectDisposedException to be thrown. The problem is that it takes 4-5 seconds for it to be thrown. Is this _normal_ or could it be due to some other issue?
 Sample code for this is below.