Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Perl profiler
     
         (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham
        University, UK to profile, and collate data from, {Perl}
        scripts.
     
        Version: 1?
     
        Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
     
        (1993-06-17)