Significant Improvements to Futhark's Profiler
2025-07-31
A recent release of the Futhark programming language significantly improves the usability of its profiler. Previously, the profiler only offered cryptic compiler-generated names, making it difficult to pinpoint performance bottlenecks. The new version cleverly propagates source code information throughout the compilation process, enabling the correlation of generated code with the original source. This solves a long-standing problem for programmers trying to optimize their code. While further improvements to data presentation are planned, this enhancement provides a powerful tool for optimizing Futhark programs.
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