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In article <uptgid292.fsf@nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> writes:

> But why are you profiling a non-specific compiler? Profiling is only
> necessary when you have a performance problem;

Profiling to let you know how much time is spent in various routines
and shareable images can be used to characterize a workload, when one
does not have better tools.