Who Should Use This Book

This manual is intended for programmers with a working knowledge of Sun WorkShop and some understanding of the Solaris(TM) operating environment and UNIX\256 commands. Some knowledge of performance analysis is also helpful in understanding how to use the data derived from the tools, but is not required for using them. The traditional profiling tools prof, gprof, and tcov, do not require a working knowledge of Sun WorkShop.