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[jstanley]

I haven't taken the course, I was just going off the lecture titles. The first 3 lectures are entitled:

  Introduction and Matrix Multiplication
  Bentley Rules for Optimizing Work
  Bit Hacks

[explaininjs → jstanley]

“Measurement and Timing” is lecture 10. We started with small independent programs and worked up to systems, in much the same way you would not teach an individual to paint by telling them the Sistine Chapel needs a patch fixed.

But yes, I do agree profiling is step 0 to performance engineering.