Saying profiling is useless is equivalent to saying that algorithmic complexity doesn't have to be studied. This is absurd. If for example your profiler says your function foo() is executed 100 times with a data of size 10 and 10000 times with a data of size 20, you have a serious algorithmic complexity problem. If some of them can (and should) be handled before hand, a profiler is very useful to handle those that weren't. Algorithmic complexity is independant of computer language and of CPU speed, therefore profilers will always be useful as long as algorithmic is used by computer languages, so for quite some time still;)
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Saying profiling is useless is equivalent to saying that algorithmic complexity doesn't have to be studied. This is absurd. ;)
If for example your profiler says your function foo() is executed 100 times with a data of size 10 and 10000 times with a data of size 20, you have a serious algorithmic complexity problem. If some of them can (and should) be handled before hand, a profiler is very useful to handle those that weren't.
Algorithmic complexity is independant of computer language and of CPU speed, therefore profilers will always be useful as long as algorithmic is used by computer languages, so for quite some time still
...because cheaper. Avoid the MPX chipset as plague.