How do I compile my program with support for profiling using GNU gprof?

Profiling is useful for analyzing where a program's time is spent. Knowing this information, the program can be omtimized, especially the slow sections of the code.

Profiling the application is made up of 3 steps:

• Compiling and linking the program with profiling enabled.

• Executing the program to generate the profiling data.

• Running gp...