Subject: Re: [xsl] Saxon for C/PHP/Python/etc From: "Tony Graham" <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:28:44 +0100 (IST) |
On Fri, September 27, 2013 3:00 pm, Louis-Dominique Dubeau wrote: > On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 14:26 +0100, Adam Retter wrote: >> libxslt is not just used on devices where there are web browsers! >> There are many servers that do not have web browsers installed. > > Yep. I have to run XSLT on the server. There's a significant difference > in the resources (time, memory) required between running something based > on libxslt and running anything Java-based. > >> Also I >> was rather under the impression that most web browser plugins were >> written in C++ and not Java. > > That seems correct to me. There's likely fewer Java-enabled web browsers now than a year ago anyway after the Java security problems seen since January. E.g., "Several security firms routinely advise consumers and business to disable Java browser add-ons, which are seldom needed to surf the 'net but sometimes needed for internet applications." [1], and I have worked at a company with a policy of disabling Java unless absolutely necessary. Regards, Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx Consultant http://www.mentea.net Mentea 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- XML, XSL-FO and XSLT consulting, training and programming Chair, Print and Page Layout Community Group @ W3C [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/22/java_security_omnishambles/
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