RE: Saxon VS XT

You're nasty Paul.
Must have something to do with the name.

Now (a bit more) seriously:

I agree that trying to work with half gigabyte of data using XML
and xsl:key() is a serious sign of lack of periferic vision...
...but turning into a XT fanatic is bound to affect your
periferic vision too.

I mean... a tool is just a tool even when it is a good one.


Have fun,
Paulo Gaspar


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Tchistopolskii
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 09:01
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Saxon VS XT
>
>
>
> From: Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
>
> > > Not implementing key() is almost not a limitation.
> > > Most of developers will never ever use key()
> > > because they'll never ever understand how to use
> > > this function. ( Same  is about document() with
> > > 2 parameters ).
> >
> > Eventually we will, when we have the concept described well enough --
> > especially since the speed improvement is so big.
>
> No doubt  *you*  will. I'm talking about 'most of developers'.
> 'most of developers'  are not subscribed to this list
> ( even they are already using XSLT ).
>
> > Not using key, is like having to use Perl
> > (or any other programming language) without being allowed
> > to use hash tables for lookup purposes.
>
> Poor C, ( and Pascal )  they  had no build-in hashtable support.
>
> >
> > Use XT if it fits your purpose, but please do not use argumentation
> > like the above since it puts all of us down.
>
> Nice try.  This sounds that   you are saying that I'm talking nonsense
> because I'm not politically correct ? There is no defense against
> such ( political ) argumentation and I'l not try ( I"m tired ).
>
> I'l of course stop this thread now.
>
> Those who still think that
>
> "XT has many limitations because it is not 100% conformant
> but conformant engines have no limitations because they are
> conformant"  ( to me the only possible argumentation  is key()
> and as I already wrote to Sebastian privately - I need at least
> 2 weeks to implement my model of processing his XML
> real-life data without key() ).
>
> Those lost souls who still think that storing massive volumes of
> data in the format of huge text files and then use key() hack to
> 'improve the speed of processing' - is reasonable usage of
> computers - I can not help them ;-)
>
> Rgds.Paul.
>
>
>
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