Performance differences between debug and release builds

Question

I must admit, that usually I haven\'t bothered switching between the Debug and Release configurations in my program, and I have usually opted to go for the

Answer 1

• My experience has been that medium sized or larger applications are noticeably more responsive in a Release build. Give it a try with your application and see how it feels.

• One thing that can bite you with Release builds is that Debug build code can sometimes suppress race conditions and other threading-related bugs. Optimized code can result in instruction reordering and faster execution can exacerbate certain race conditions.