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Fastest doing what? Does the parser need to implement some API in some
language on some set of platforms? Does it get to define its own API and
pick a language and platforms?
Bob
Rick Jelliffe wrote:
> Oleg A. Paraschenko wrote:
>
>> I think the issue is a bit different. An experienced developer can
>>
>> implement a very fast parser, for example, in 1 year. But whom he can
>> sell it? I just don't see a market for XML parsers.
>>
>>
>>
> Hence the need for something like a consortium offering a cash prize.
> Kickstart.
>
> Here is how I would see it working. 15 organizations (banks, vendors,
> etc) get together
> and put $1000 each into a kitty. They announce that they will pay
> $10,000 first prize
> and $5,000 second prize for the two fastest non-viral open source XML
> parsers that meet the bottom line of being twice as fast as libxml (as
> of current version) for a particular suite of ASCII-dominated
> transactions of about 1 to 10K each for non-validating parsing. Contest
> to run for six months.
>
> What do the sponsors get out of it? Worst case: no one wins; no cost,
> no benefit (though proving we need to go beyond XML does have a value
> actually!) Best case: tiny investment, substantial reduction in
> performance of multi-million dollar assets and transaction rates,
> ability to adopt desirable new architectures. Techniques are open source
> non-viral so they can potentially feed into commercial products (at the
> end of the day, Bill gets all the $$$ no matter what!)
>
> Any takers? Joseph Chiusano: know anyone?
>
> Cheers
> Rick
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