CLI/C++ Performance in various .NET versions

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In your experience, are there any performance differences when using CLI/C++ across different versions of the .NET runtimes? Recently we have upgraded an application to .NET 4.0 and we believe the performance of this layer has been negatively effected. Are there some patterns of programming this stack that are less performant than others?

Posted 3-Feb-12 4:35am

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 1 · 2012-02-03T04:46:00

I've no (well for practical purposes as near to zero as one can get ;)) experience regarding the language CLI/C++, but I can confirm this happening when we moved from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0 six years ago. There were some cached DataTables involved and in .NET 1.1 everything worked like a charm. After the move to .NET 2.0 the relevant code parts using the DataTables seemed to be crawling along at snails pace. The fix was quite easy, albeit not readily found: We switched from DataTables to DataViews and all was swift as before.

That must have been one the greatest WTF situations until then. Since that time there have been numerous occasions where new code broke or negativley affected performance. So from my standpoint it was more a Framwork thing and not the language in itself.

Cheers & have a nice weekend,

Manfred

Philippe Mori · Answer 2 · 2012-02-03T14:21:00

First you have to verify what security checks are performed. Generally, the performance of STL or STL/CLI is relatively bad in debug version as a lot of validation is done.

That problem also mainly occurs when the application is run under the debugger.

In Release version (and the application running stand-alone), generally the performance is quite adequate.

I have never noticed any decreasing after upgrading to .NET 4.0.

In mixed-mode application (and in debug), .Net container are generally faster than STL one. I think it mainly related to all extra validation that is done to validate iterator and such.

Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 3 · 2012-02-03T15:10:00

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See this Discussion also
http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2009/01/03/debunking-c-vs-c-performance/[^]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686483/c-sharp-vs-c-big-performance-difference[^]
CP article
Head-to-head benchmark: C++ vs .NET[^]

Thanks
--RA

Posted 3-Feb-12 15:10pm

Rajesh Anuhya

CLI/C++ Performance in various .NET versions

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