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Hello, On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:30:52 -0000 "Michael Kay" <mike@s...> wrote: > > My expectation is that XML parsing can be significantly sped up with > > ... > > I think that UTF-8 decoding is often the bottleneck and the obvious way > to speed that up is to write the whole thing in assembler. I suspect the > only way of getting a significant improvement (i.e. more than a > doubling) in parser speed is to get closer to the hardware. I'm > surprised no-one has done it. Perhaps no-one knows how to write > assembler any more (or perhaps, like me, they just don't enjoy it). I think the issue is a bit different. An experienced developer can implement a very fast parser, for example, in 1 year. But whom he can sell it? I just don't see a market for XML parsers. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > -- Oleg Parashchenko olpa@ http://xmlhack.ru/ XML news in Russian http://uucode.com/blog/ Generative Programming, XML, TeX, Scheme
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