How to efficiently use Rprof in R?

Question

I would like to know if it is possible to get a profile from R-Code in a way that is similar to matlab\'s Profiler. That is, to get to know which l

Answer 1

I currently have R uninstalled here, but in SPlus you can interrupt the execution with the Escape key, and then do traceback(), which will show you the call stack. That should enable you to use this handy method.

Here are some reasons why tools built on the same concepts as gprof are not very good at locating performance problems.