I've tried gprof this is the result Flat profile: Each sample counts as 0.01 seconds.(what does this mean?) % cumulative self self total time seconds seconds calls s/call s/call name 32.23 7.56 7.56 __ieee754_log 17.31 11.62 4.06 log1 17.05 15.62 4.00 40300 0.00 0.00 get_f 11.64 18.35 2.73 __ieee754_pow 4.01 19.29 0.94 __exp1 3.75 20.17 0.88 pow 3.71 21.04 0.87 isnan 2.32 21.59 0.55 log 1.32 21.90 0.31 times 1.19 22.18 0.28 __write_nocancel 0.72 22.35 0.17 __printf_fp 0.43 22.45 0.10 101 0.00 0.00 store_X 0.43 22.55 0.10 finite 0.34 22.63 0.08 _int_malloc 0.34 22.71 0.08 sqrt 0.30 22.78 0.07 matherr 0.26 22.84 0.06 100 0.00 0.04 get_df_dt 0.26 22.90 0.06 clock 0.26 22.96 0.06 dgerkernf_ 0.26 23.02 0.06 vfprintf 0.21 23.07 0.05 _int_free 0.19 23.11 0.05 malloc 0.17 23.15 0.04 __overflow 0.17 23.19 0.04 power1 0.15 23.23 0.04 cfree 0.13 23.26 0.03 dger_ 0.09 23.28 0.02 __mpn_extract_double 0.09 23.30 0.02 isinf 0.06 23.31 0.02 wrt_F 0.04 23.32 0.01 100 0.00 0.00 check_X 0.04 23.33 0.01 _IO_file_overflow 0.04 23.34 0.01 _IO_new_do_write 0.04 23.35 0.01 __ieee754_exp 0.04 23.36 0.01 __mpn_mul 0.04 23.37 0.01 __mpn_mul_1 0.04 23.38 0.01 __mpn_rshift 0.04 23.39 0.01 dgbtf2_ 0.04 23.40 0.01 dgercomp_ 0.04 23.41 0.01 dswap_ 0.04 23.42 0.01 dtbsv_ 0.04 23.43 0.01 new_do_write 0.04 23.44 0.01 printf 0.02 23.45 0.01 _IO_file_write 0.02 23.45 0.01 _IO_new_file_xsputn 0.02 23.46 0.01 s_cmp 0.02 23.46 0.01 s_copy 0.00 23.46 0.00 202 0.00 0.00 transfer_data 0.00 23.46 0.00 100 0.00 0.00 get_next_X 0.00 23.46 0.00 100 0.00 0.00 set_r 0.00 23.46 0.00 1 0.00 0.00 get_X 0.00 23.46 0.00 1 0.00 0.00 init 0.00 23.46 0.00 1 0.00 4.17 main I'm wondering is the total time as much as 23.46 seconds? I'm comfused... On 4/21/05, Arturas Moskvinas <arturas.moskvinas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do not use clock to determine the speed, better use profiler... > Compile your program with > gcc-3.4 -g0 -march=k8 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funit-at-a-time > -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops -mfpmath=sse -pg > > Then run your program, after that make "gprof your_program" look where your > code took a lot of time to execute (it might not be compiler problem). > > Arturas Moskvinas > P.S.: second of all, gcc is not made for super fast code generation, it is > not the main criterea (i think so), it is made to be stable, as much as possible > bug free. And of course it is not very easy to handle so many > microprocessor architectures. VC++ must handle only one architecture > i386, and of course only for one operational system (they have more > time to optimize things for such specific platforms)... >