Re: [xsl] Large transforms (was Re: [xsl] GByte Transforms)

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Kevin:

At 03:57 PM 6/3/2004, you wrote:
> I have to say I was a little disappointed/puzzled by the lack of responses. I
> am not sure why this was but I can only assume there is either little
> interest in transforms over the few 100MB size or little interest in
> discussing the problems this presents.
>
> It is not often I get the chance to discuss stuff we are doing on the
> processor for obvious commercial reasons. I thought this subject might be
> suitable for a wider audience as anecdotal evidence suggests that large XML
> file usage is growing and and along with that comes some expectation that
> tools can cope.

I can understand and sympathize with your puzzlement. FWIW, I didn't 
respond myself since I did not want to represent off-the-cuff impressions 
as something deeply considered in the light of vast experience. Nonetheless 
I was very glad to see the post as an indicator that someone, at least, was 
thinking about these issues.

As for large XML file usage, I agree that it appears to be on the rise -- 
and that people may have expectations of magic (a besetting problem in 
information processing) -- but you know, it's all relative, and XSLT still 
has plenty of growing to do even in the realm of small-to-medium-size 
documents. From the point of view of the kind of data I work with commonly, 
a 5.5GB input document would be truly huge -- gargantuan -- Big'n'Tall.

You might just be ahead of the curve.

Cheers,
Wendell


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