XSLT is Way Faster Using Java 5
Interesting post by Dino Fancellu on SoftwareReality.com, XSLT is Way Faster Using Java 5, talks about how by replacing Xalan by XSLTC and Crimson by Xerces Sun JDK 5.0 (1.5.0_01) is 5.59 times faster than Sun JDK 1.4.2 when performing a simple transformation. JRockit 5, BEA’s own Java 5 compatible JVM, does it even 7.88 times faster!
And it’s free, so it may be worth a look?
For a fair comparison, you should run Hotspot 5.0 vs JRockit 5.0. Sun has improved a bit since their 1.4.2 version, although they are still behind us. And yes, JRockit is so far available only on Windows and Linux on Intel (IA32, EM64T/AMD64, Itanium). But keep watching the news…
Henrik, JRockit Team