>My timings for the XSLT compiler were obtained from within a Java
>application and therefore aren't affected by JVM initialisation time
and my
>Xalan timings were the numbers produced by Xalan itself for the
>transformation step only. I believe these give a like-with-like
comparison.

When you said "The speed was unimpressive - no faster than Xalan 1 from
the command
line" I infered that you were running both of them from the command
line, and in such a case the JVM startup time dwarves any difference in
transformation speed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ball, Mike [SMTP:Mike.Ball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:31 PM
> To:	'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:	RE:  Comment about XSLT Complier?
> 
> Hi Dylan
> 
> > 
> > >The speed was unimpressive - no faster than Xalan 1 from the
> command
> > >line  on my limited and unscientific test - but then it is only an
> > alpha
> > >version and I would guess this will improve.
> > 
> > Such a test is measures the time it takes to start the Java VM to a
> > greater extent than it measures the speed of transformation. This is
> > true of any Java XSLT processor. 
> 
> 
> 
> > You need to get it running and do
> > multiple transformations to benchmark it correctly.
> 
> I agree entirely. I did say my tests were limited and unscientific. 
> 
> > There are benchmarks on the web which show the XSLTC to be a good
> > performer.
> 
> Oh good! Could you point me at a URL for these benchmarks? I've seen
> figures
> for other XSLT processors but not for XSLTC. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mike Ball
> 
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