Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.

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VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...