[cxml-devel] CXML performance

Hi,

I tried using CXML to parse a slightly big (~1.2 MB) XML in ACL 8.0. I am using the following form to parse it into a DOM:

(cxml:parse xml (cxml-dom:make-dom-builder)) ; xml is a string

Generally, it takes about 0.73-0.75 sec to parse on my machine. What also happens is that, while the parser is running, it blocks all the other threads i.e. they become unresponsive. Any clues on why it can be happening? And how it can be fixed?

Also, ACL on OS X (and Linux) does not run any Lisp code while a foreign call is being made (thus blocking all the other threads). Is there any chance that CXML calls any foreign code?

Chaitanya