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 Subject: Re: [mercury-users] Sluggish XML parsing
From: Michael Day (mikeday@corplink.com.au)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 18:15:18 EST

> is it not possible to run Conway's parser without the checking? it
> would be interesting to see the difference

I don't believe so. I'll have to try profiling it to see where it's
spending all its time, might give a better idea of where the slow down is
coming from.

> at one point I was using higher order parser combinators (not for xml)
> but I could never get it to run with any decent speed. I was never
> sure if there was some inherent problem with the higher order stuff or
> just insufficient hacking on my part

It certainly seems to give the compiler a kick in the teeth anyway, as far
as memory usage and compile times go.

Michael

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