[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Performance Question
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:00:08 -0500
What sort of file is that? liblouisutdml-liblouis translates the whole
King James Version of the Bible in about thirty seconds. You can get it
from Bookshare and try it.
John
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:13:36AM +0000, Ken Perry wrote:
> Here is what I mean by performance issue. The current liblouis takes 15
> minutes to convert a 99,107 word file. That is too long. If this parser was
> generated by the same tools I have used in the past to write a compiler that
> spits out some pretty nasty c++ using grammers and lex files that file could
> be done in seconds or at most a minute or two not 15 minutes. Add the
> definite slow down when you use scripting languages even those which are jit
> compiled you will start seeing much worse than 15 minutes.
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Jolly
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 6:04 PM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Performance Question
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been lurking on this list for a long time but have now joined because I
> believe that what I've learned from my practical experience in developing
> braille software over the last dozen years could be helpful as far as making
> plans for the future.
>
> However I will need some background. My first question is why you have a
> concern about performance issues. I've always written my braille software
> entirely in Java and even on my prevous PC running Windows XP I could
> translate entire books of fiction to English contracted braille in only a few
> seconds.
>
> Susan Jolly
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages
> go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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