From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-03-31T23:01:49+09:00
Subject: Re: rexml to slow

2008/3/31, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org>:
> I believe the core problem is that XML itself is pretty sub-optimal for
>  almost everything ;)

As always, there are problems where this tool (XML) is suited good,
less good and not at all.

>  Is anyone updating the REXML website by the way? I believe it would be
>  interesting to see exactly these kind of speed issues handled on the
>  website because if i am not mistaken, these questions and problems
>  continually pop-up with *XML

Not sure whether I agree: IMHO in this case the problem is a
misapplication of XML.  XML is good for persisting structured data but
not as an in memory model for calculations.

Kind regards

robert

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