• From: Richard Salz <rsalz@u...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:15:02 -0500

I am amazed that folks who consider themselves computer professionals 
would say things like "always" when talking about performance.  For 
example, I'd expect that a JVM in hardware (or with a hardware assist) 
would run faster than a conventional machine running C.  Even trying to 
cover yourself by saying "well, I was assuming conventional hardware" 
doesn't make it -- what hardware, what software?  What application?  What 
does the XML look like?  Would base64 decoding help (e.g., most 
xml-dsig's)?  There's just too much variation out there.

Performance comparisons are very hard to do correctly and must be properly 
qualified.

  I assert that folks making blanket assertions should reconsider their 
claims. :)
        /r$

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STSM
Senior Security Architect
DataPower SOA Appliances

• References:
  • Re: Speed in Languages and Browser Architectures
    • From: "derek denny-brown" <zuligag@g...>