[Bioperl-l] BioPerl long-term, was Re: dependencies on perl version

[Fields, Christopher J]

I want to clarify, parser optimization isn't the only point we need to focus on by any means (and may not be the main one).  There is a lot of room for improvement top to bottom, that was one specific example I have long held to be an issue.

-c

On Feb 6, 2013, at 4:11 PM, "Fields, Christopher J" <cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Shocked?  The main three reason I don't use it 'in anger':  performance, performance, and performance.  It is very important that we make a concerted effort to address this at all levels.  It could be as simple as completely separating parsing from object creation (where the bulk of performance problems seem to lie, but not all of them).  
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