Re: [xml-dev] Assembly-language XML parser

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

  On 08/10/2010 1:08 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> It's x86 assembler, and to fit my memories of assembler it would have 
> to be 6502, but it's certainly more useful this way on modern platforms:
>
> http://tibleiz.net/asm-xml/
>
> (via 
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/10/four-short-links-8-october-201.html>)
>
> I haven't tried it, but they definitely get points for bravery.
>
Hmmm...

  "AsmXml does not supports namespaces and external entity references."

Frankly, if a product only does half the job then it doesn't really 
matter if it's ten or a hundred times faster.

However, as a proof of concept it's certainly interesting. I've been 
surprised that it's taken so long for someone to do this. And in the 
context of Saxon, a faster parser would make a big difference - parsing 
time often dominates transformation time these days.

Michael Kay
Saxonica