>>>>> "Abel" == Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Abel> Often, people measure the timing including the startup of
    Abel> the JVM. If you use Saxon properly, you keep the classes and
    Abel> the compiled stylesheets in memory. You'll see that this
    Abel> will improve your performance a lot, especially when talking
    Abel> about many small XML files.

No it won't, not unless you run it a second time!

So it depends.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire