Are any performance tricks related to the many data types?
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One trick when using whole numbers (values with no decimal places) is to use the data type that matches your processor. For instance, most current home and office computers have 32-bit processors. The Visual C# Integer data type is made up of 32 bits. Believe it or not, Visual C# can process an int variable faster than it can process a short variable, even though the short variable is smaller. This has to do with the architecture of the CPU, memory, and bus. The explanation is complicated, but the end result is that you should usually use int rather than short, even when working with values that don't require the larger size of the int.
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Are arrays limited to two dimensions?
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Although I showed only two dimensions (that is, intMeasurements[3,1]), arrays can have many dimensions, such as intMeasurements[3,3,3,4]. The technical maximum is 60 dimensions, but you probably won't use more than three.
