> > However, I still think there are even better ways of doing this,
> > because in the above template there is still a lot of wasted
> > iteration. Recursion works quickly without wasting 
> iteration, but tail
> > recursion optimization doesn't seem to be supported by 
> Xalan-J 2.4.0,
> > because I get stack overflows for large numbers of continuation
> > records.
> >
> > Perhaps the DVC approach that I've read a little about would help
> > here?
> 
> Yes. One of the goals of DVC is to minimize the possibility 
> of stack oveflow
> caused by recursion depth.

Dimitre, could you help me with a DVC algorithm for what I'm trying 
to do? I'm not sure how to apply it to this problem.

Cheers,
Ramaan

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