A method and apparatus for identifying differences in runs of a computer
program that are due to changes in the code of the computer program. With
the apparatus and method, call trees are generated for two or more builds
of a computer program. The apparatus and method perform a "tree-subtract"
operation in which the two or more call trees generated during runs of
two or more different builds of a computer program are subtracted from
one another to identify build to build differences in the execution of
the computer program. From the resulting tree, portions of the runs of
the different builds of the computer program where the resource
utilization of the computer program has not changed are easily
identifiable. Moreover, portions of the runs of the different builds of
the computer program where there are improvements or regressions in
resource utilization of the computer program may be easily identifiable.