[M3devel] performance problems in CM3 Text operations on AMD64_LINUX

[mika at async.caltech.edu]

>Mika=2C how did you find this?Control-c every so often and look at callstac=
>k?Or a lot of stepping?

"Poor man's profiling" -- since profiling is usually broken in Modula-3.  It worked back with SRC M3 but that was a while ago :-)

1. run program in gdb
2. close eyes
3. count to three
4. hit ctrl-C
5. open eyes

(repeat a few times)

"close eyes" is important!