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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1998-01-22 02:27:29 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1998-01-22 02:27:29 +0000
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@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ Cycles are discovered, and calls into a cycle are made to share the time
of the cycle.
The first listing shows the functions
sorted according to the time they represent
-including the time of their call graph descendents.
+including the time of their call graph descendants.
Below each function entry is shown its (direct) call graph children,
and how their times are propagated to this function.
A similar display above the function shows how this function's time and the
-time of its descendents is propagated to its (direct) call graph parents.
+time of its descendants is propagated to its (direct) call graph parents.
.PP
Cycles are also shown, with an entry for the cycle as a whole and
a listing of the members of the cycle and their contributions to the
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ Second, a flat profile is given,
similar to that provided by
.BR prof ( 1 ) .
This listing gives the total execution times, the call counts,
-the time in milleseconds the call spent in the routine itself, and
-the time in milleseconds the call spent in the routine itself including
-its descendents.
+the time in milliseconds the call spent in the routine itself, and
+the time in milliseconds the call spent in the routine itself including
+its descendants.
.PP
Finally, an index of the function names is provided.
.SH OPTIONS