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(Analysis Tools with OM). The ATOM platform converts a program into its own profiler: at [[compile time]], it inserts code into the program to be analyzed. That inserted code outputs analysis data. This technique - modifying a program to analyze itself - is known as "[[Instrumentation (computer programming)|instrumentation]]".
 
In 2004 both the <code>gprof</code> and ATOM papers appeared on the list of the 50 most influential [[Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation|PLDI]] papers offor allthe time20-year period ending in 1999.<ref>
[http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mckinley/20-years.html 20 Years of PLDI (1979–1999): A Selection, Kathryn S. McKinley, Editor]</ref>