Compile My Code: Meditations on compiling C, C++, Fortran

The Sun Studio Performance Analyzer reference manual, updated for Sun Studio 12 update 1, is now available on docs.sun.com:

Developing high performance applications requires a combination of compiler features, libraries of optimized functions, and tools for performance analysis. The Performance Analyzer manual describes the tools that are available to help you assess the performance of your code, identify potential performance problems, and locate the part of the code where the problems occur.