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Leopard Guides: Carbon
The performance of Carbon applications can be measured, evaluated, and optimized using Apple's developer tools, technologies, and programming interfaces. Developers can fine-tune their applications for high performance using tools such as the Shark code-profiling application, features such as multiprocessing, and APIs such as the one for the vDSP library.
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Threading Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to use threads in Cocoa applications.
 2008-02-08
64-Bit Guide for Carbon Developers (HTML) (PDF)
Explains the changes necessary to create a 64-bit executable version of a Carbon application.
 2007-12-11
Multiprocessing Services Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Explains how to implement preemptive tasks in Carbon applications.
 2007-10-31
Performance Overview (HTML) (PDF)
Introduces the factors that determine performance.
 2006-10-03
Code Size Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for reducing the size of an application binary.
 2006-06-28
Memory Usage Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of memory-related code.
 2006-06-28
Drawing Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the speed of drawing code.
 2006-04-04
Launch Time Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the launch performance of an application.
 2006-04-04
Code Speed Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance and efficiency of code.
 2005-07-07
File-System Performance Guidelines (HTML) (PDF)
Guidelines for improving the performance of file-related code.
 2005-07-07
Debugging Programming Topics for Core Foundation (HTML) (PDF)
Tips and techniques for debugging Core Foundation code.
 2003-01-17