From: Bu Mihai Date: 2008-04-01T01:36:36+09:00 Subject: Re: rexml to slow Robert Klemme wrote: > 2008/3/31, Marc Heiler : >> 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 What is IMHO?; i'm a newbie in ruby and at first i was searching something similary with C++ tree structure (beacause that i would use if is was C) but i want in ruby and i was searching some gem to help me because i have to learn more about ruby language to build my own ruby class to work with. I've tried xml beacuse it was the best (!?) i found in ruby for implementing a tree structure (not only a binary tree), but it is slowly when i want to read a big structure. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.