Subject: Re: [xsl] Efficient way to do an identity transform, eliminating duplicate elements, in XSLT 1.0? From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:58:22 -0800 |
Ivan, > As for the problem stated, Ibd start with a SAX parser for a > J. Random Language (be it Prolog, Perl, Basic, or Common Lisp), > and proceed from there. It may depend on how the bduplicatesb > are defined, but I see nothing in the problem to make it > unsolvable on bnot-so-decentb hardware. > My argument is that you are still being paid for your time doing this -- while the problem becomes *non-existent* (in 99.99% of all cases, which for many companies is 100%) when people have decent computers. So, this is a matter of a good management decision and shouldn't involve additional programmer effort. Both sides are happy: the management saves big, and the programmers get involved in more interesting problems. :) Cheers, Dimitre On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > [b&] > > >> I want the identity transform to remove duplicate elements in > >> <First> and remove duplicate elements in <Second>. > > [b&] > > > My new home PC I bought in May has 32GB RAM. > > > It seems obvious that paying $2000 for a decent computer > > It may quickly get off-topic, but I donbt seem to recall paying > over $500 at once for computer hardware, or owning a single box > that would cost as much at the time of appraisal b and thatbs in > some 20 years of owning bthe micros.b > > (That being said, my former employer had bought some computers > at well above that price.) > > > is so much cheaper than paying programmers (myself included) to > > invent tricks b at least for this kind of problems. > > As for the problem stated, Ibd start with a SAX parser for a > J. Random Language (be it Prolog, Perl, Basic, or Common Lisp), > and proceed from there. It may depend on how the bduplicatesb > are defined, but I see nothing in the problem to make it > unsolvable on bnot-so-decentb hardware. > > -- > FSF associate member #7257 > -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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