[xsl] Re: XSL-List Digest V4 #421

[Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock dot com>]

> From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
> 
> > > Most popular XSLT processors are written in Java, Python, or Perl: 
> > > Saxon, Xalan, 4XSLT ... xsltproc is faster than them by a wide and 
> > > probably permanent margin.
> > 
> > I don't want to get into a which is faster debate but this is 
> > really suspect. 
> > 
> If you are measuring a single-shot transformation executed from the
> command line then of course the Java processors have a big disadvantage
> because the Java VM takes 5 seconds or so to warm up. So as always,
> different people will get different answers if they measure different
> things.

Good point. I will refrain from blanket speed comparisons in the future.

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Matt Gushee
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