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+.sh 1 "Programs to be Profiled"
+.pp
+Software research environments
+normally include many large programs
+both for  production use and for experimental investigation.
+These programs are typically modular,
+in accordance with generally accepted principles
+of good program design.
+Often they consist of numerous small routines
+that implement various abstractions.
+Sometimes such large programs are written
+by one programmer 
+who has understood the requirements for
+these abstractions, and has programmed them
+appropriately.
+More frequently the program has
+had multiple authors and has
+evolved over time, changing the demands placed
+on the implementation of the abstractions without
+changing the implementation itself.
+Finally, the program may be assembled from a library
+of abstraction implementations 
+unexamined by the programmer.
+.pp
+Once a large program is executable,
+it is often desirable to increase its speed,
+especially if small portions of the program 
+are found to dominate its execution time.
+The purpose of the \fBgprof\fP profiling tool is to 
+help the user evaluate alternative implementations
+of abstractions.
+We developed this tool in response to our efforts 
+to improve a code generator we were writing [Graham82].
+.pp
+The \fBgprof\fP design takes advantage of the fact that the programs
+to be measured are large, structured and hierarchical.
+We provide a profile in which the execution time
+for a set of routines that implement an
+abstraction is collected and charged
+to that abstraction.
+The profile can be used to compare and assess the costs of
+various implementations.
+.pp
+The profiler can be linked into a program without
+special planning by the programmer.
+The overhead for using \fBgprof\fP is low;
+both in terms of added execution time and in the
+volume of profiling information recorded.