Vectors: GetLength() vs. GetLengthSquared()

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There are a lot of situations where you need to get the length of a vector. For example, if you want to measure the distance between two objects. But there are also a lot of situations where you don’t need the actual length of the vector, because maybe you just want to find out which vector is the shortest. For example, if you want to determine which object – out of a group of objects – is closes to a given position; a common task if you deal with particle systems where particles have to interact with their closest neighbors.