To use Gprof, you need to compile your C program with the -pg option. This option instructs the compiler to generate extra code that collects profiling information during the execution of the program.

Jack Wallen shows you the step-by-step process of compiling a C++ program on Linux, using Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 for his demo.

GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 15.1 has arrived with improvements for programming languages ranging from Rust to C to Cobol. GCC 15.1 also brings improvements for vectorization and for compiling ...