[xsl] Which executes faster: templates with specific match-patterns and simple content or templates with simple match-patterns and specific content ?

["Costello, Roger L. costello@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

Which executes faster:

<xsl:template match="A[@x eq 'a']/B[@y eq 'b']/C">
        	<xsl:if test="D eq 10">...

or

<xsl:template match="A[@x eq 'a' ]">
        	<xsl:if test="B[@y eq 'b']/C/D eq 10">...

That is, will my program execute faster if:

- I have templates with highly specific match-patterns and the templates
contain a simple if-statement

or

- I have templates with a simple match-patterns and the templates contain a
highly specific if-statement

/Roger