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Hi, I just read p.19 of Brett McLaughin's book, Java and XML (O'Reilly), and was a little surprised by the statement: "Although some binary data formats can be transmitted very efficiently, textual transmissions will typically average out as a faster means of communication". Could anyone expand on this statement for me, and perhaps supply references to any papers/benchmarks that show some results? I have read Several articles discussing XML/HTTP as a distributed computing protocol and these often list the pros/cons of XML/HTTP versus CORBA/RMI (or raw socket) based communications (or discuss how these can be combined with XML). An often quoted disadvantage of XML/HTTP is that it will be less efficient than a binary protocol. It seems intuitive that compressed formats would exhibit better network performance than textual transmission. But perhaps this depends on the size of the chunks of data to be transferred and the processing necessary to encode/decode the data? Thanks, --- Dr Mark Papiani Email: mark.papiani@u... Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments.
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