Re: [xsl] Test code and results comparing Muenchian Method with the method suggested by Sergiu Ignat

["M. David Peterson" <m.david.x2x2x@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very cool!  Thanks for the information Michael.  I knew that the XML
data that was being fed in was useless and made mention to that in the
post.  But your'e right... whats the point of posting numbers that
mean nothing.

I will rework the data as you suggest and put together a combination
of XML files to run against each stylesheet. Once I have that together
I will bundle these files together and make them available for
download while also creating a new run of tests, reporting the results
that follow.

List members... In interest of not overburdening the list server with
posts that others may have no interest in (I'm trying to turn over a
new leaf ;) to discover updates to this page please access the
original link and either access the XML feed of your choice or
periodically ping the page looking for a response 200 code.

Thanks for the data Michael!  I will put it to good use...

Cheers!

<M:D/>


On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:04:05 -0000, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Measuring a single Saxon run from the command line tells you almost nothing
> - you're essentially measuring how long it takes Java to load Saxon into
> memory. There are "undocumented" options -3 and -9 to run the transformation
> thrice or nince (?) respectively, this gives you an indication of how long
> it takes to stabilize.
> 
> Given that, the next interesting thing to do is to take measurements on
> different file sizes, and see how they scale. Anything less than 100
> elements is rather uninteresting.
> 
> There are at least three ways of scaling a grouping problem: (a) keep the
> number of groups constant, (b) keep the number of items per group constant,
> or (c) generate grouping keys at random from a fixed population. Different
> algorithms are going to behave differently depending which you choose - and
> they all arise in practical grouping problems.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M. David Peterson [mailto:m.david.x2x2x@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 December 2004 17:33
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Test code and results comparing Muenchian
> > Method with the method suggested by Sergiu Ignat
> >
> > In an effort to discover what types of gains could be made by using
> > the method of grouping suggested yesterday by Sergiu Ignat I wrote the
> > equivalent stylesheet using the Muenchian method and then ran a series
> > of 5 transforms against both stylesheets using the supplied data.
> >
> > No attempt was made to draw any conclusions from the results; I simply
> > present them to you to let you determine for yourself what the results
> > might suggest.
> >
> > The code and description of the process used as well as the data from
> > the results can be found here:
> >
> > http://www.xsltblog.com/archives/2004/12/new_alternative.html
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > <M:D/>
> > --
> > :: M. David Peterson ::
> > XML & XML Transformations, C#, .NET, and Functional Languages
> > Specialist
> 
> 


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