[Haskell-cafe] measure a function in ghci

[Jochem Berndsen]

Nico Rolle wrote:
> is there a quick way to check which function is doing the job quicker?
> i have 2 functions which i want to compare.
> both give the same output but they do it in different manner.
> i want to test which one is faster.
> i use ghci.

For simple testing in the interactive environment, use
:set +s
and after each evaluation the memory usage and the number of elapsed
seconds will be displayed.

If you want more, look up the profiling support in the documentation of GHC
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/profiling.html
GHC provides both memory and time profiling.

Regards,

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