RE: ANN: XSLBench - XSLT Processor Benchmark

["Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Jones writes:
 > 
 > I just used the IBM JDK 1.1.8 without any memory arguments. From my work in
 > Java this has always proved to be the quickest and most reliable VM I have
 > found. I will try playing with the memory settings to see how that effects
 > the results.

you might want to experiment with the Oracle Java XSLT. that is
remarkably sensitive to the Java :-}

You also want to upgrade to Saxon 5.5, which is faster.

 > It is puzzling to me that Sablotron does not appear to support any form of
 > compiled style sheets. It's such an obvious way of speeding up the transform
 > that I can't believe they have not thought about this?

this was discussed on the Sablotron list today, coincidentally. yes,
they are thinking about it, but I suppose conformance is their real
priority. 

Sebastian


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