[Mono-list] Performance Optimization (was Poor Mono performance)

[edward.harvey.mono]

>From this massive thread about Mono vs .Net performance, there is one thing clearly resulting:  There's a lot of complexity, and a lot of variability, but certain things remain constant.  Like, for example, the comment about method calls generally costing more than the code inside them.  This statement, I expect, will be true regardless of .Net vs Mono, and which version of each, and which platform they are running on.

So, are there any good guides or blogs or other resources out there, that concisely focus on understanding performance characteristics and writing fast code?