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• Profiling and Papyrus

  07 Aug 2020

  JakeAlaimo

  Profiling is a form of software analysis that measures data related to the execution of your code as it executes. Profiling is often used to measure the time it takes your code to run. Papyrus profiling logs include the timings for functions as they are called, which helps to illustrate the overall performance of your scripts. If code execution is a race and your script is the sprinter, you are the coach and your profiling is the many arms jutting out of your torso, operating stopwatches to independently track the movements of different parts of the sprinter’s body.
   
  Why Profile?
  There are a few major reasons to profile your Papyrus scripts. First of all, the performance of software can be unintuitive. Developers guess the performance of code about as well as 10-year-...

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