How do I profile in DrScheme?

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Published on 2009-07-01T02:52:00Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 21:12 UTC
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How Do I profile my functions using DrScheme?

(require profile) 
(define (factorial n)
  (cond
    ((= n 1) 1)
    (else (* n (factorial (- n 1))))))

(profile factorial)

The above code returns

Profiling results
-----------------
  Total cpu time observed: 0ms (out of 0ms)
  Number of samples taken: 0 (once every 0ms)

====================================
                        Caller
Idx  Total    Self    Name+srcLocal%
     ms(pct)  ms(pct)   Callee
====================================
>

I tried: - (profile (factorial 100))
- (profile factorial) (factorial 100)
But it gives me the same result. What am I doing wrong?

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