Re: newbie question: how to measure run-time with Sicstus under linux?

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:42:20 +0200
Bart Demoen <bmd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Duncan Patton wrote:
>
> > I didn't think of that ;-) Generally I've found that I need to compare
> > internally generated language metrics to some external things like GDB
> > before I know what they mean in terms of system resource use.
>
> If you don't believe what the docs say, and you have the sources (and
> otherwise GDB would be useless), why bother with GDB - just look for the
> code of statistics: it's just a few greps away. GDB really doesn't help
> in telling what a system means with its statistics - or maybe you want
> convince c.l.p. with some hard information that tells otherwise ?
>

I use more than one language and one tool in a typical job.
Tools like GDB provide common reference points. I would have
to work really hard to extract the same level/quality of information
from a code examination as from watching with a debugger or ice.

Realistically, tho' it's a matter of what you are used to.

Dhu


> Cheers
>
> Bart Demoen


--
???????????????????????????????????????

Can't get good help?

Contact Fubar the Hack: fubar AT neotext.ca

Area code seven eight zero, Exchange four six six, Local zero one zero nine

Highland terms, Canadian workmanship.

All persons named herein are purely fictional victims
of the Canidian Bagle Breeder's Association.

Save the Bagle!

Sun Ðhu

???????????????????????????????????????


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: [rfc] no ZERO_PAGE?
    ... The 'bigcore' testcase in GDB ... if we leave the zero page in because there may be too many apps ... at the same time of fortran, or two unrelated fortran apps) will badly ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: Having difficulty with sscanf on my Mac
    ... Pro. ... According to gdb, double_var goes from 0.0 ... essentially zero.) ... The format specifier %f will scan for a float, ...
    (comp.sys.mac.programmer.help)
  • Re: panic inserting CF card.
    ... you've got a core file, try backtracking from there with gdb, otherwise ... : sprinkle some printf's around. ... Either this calculation is new, ... prevent the panic by not dividing by zero, ...
    (freebsd-current)
  • Re: bridge between c++ / c and www layout
    ... I return to google and start study. ... write wrapper of gdb from zero is last of all. ...
    (comp.programming)