Re: The suitability of XSL

Kip Hampton schrieb am 07.12.2009 um 14:38:58 (-0800):

> Most of the heartache (and crappy XSL) I've seen over the years has
> come from cases where people-- myself included-- tried to use XSL as a
> functional, iterative programing language. They try to write big rules
> that transform large chunks of the document at once instead of writing
> smaller template rules that use selective recursion.
> 
> Just my .02 (not adjusted for inflation)

+ .02

One very general and easy to follow rule:

Don't use XSLT (or any other in-memory processing model, like DOM) for
giant input, at least not when resource efficiency matters, as in a
server environment. Consider that the in-memory representation of a 10
MB XML document may fill up 100 MB of RAM. In that case, preprocess your
data, by using a SAX filter or whatever means is suitable. Or avoid
giant documents in the first place.

-- 
Michael Ludwig
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