Re: Making sense of some dprof output

[perrin]

Why is the elapsed time double the user+system time? Because the elapsed time is real time and includes things like waiting for I/O operations. In other words, when working on a program that manipulates files, it's the number you should be paying attention to.

I'd also suggest you ditch Devel::DProf and start using Devel::NYTProf.

[PoorLuzer]

Nah.. I tried using Devel::NYTProf, but it does not come installed like dprof. I tried installing it by hand ONLY to find out that it uses XS. So me using Devel::NYTProf is pretty much out of question because I am not admin.

[tim.bunce]

Devel::DProf is broken. The results are mostly garbage. See the first few minutes of http://timbunce.blip.tv/file/1130150/ for an example.

You can build and install any perl module, including XS modules, into a perl library directory of your own. You don't need admin rights.