[Inkscape-devel] slower than sodipodi

Hello people,

I've recently noticed a pretty big difference in speed between sodipodi (0.34) and inkscape (0.40 pre, but also earlier versions)... simply rendering the same svg is at least twice as fast in sodipodi as in inkscape (I haven't made any benchmarks, but the difference is not only noticeable but really large). Actually I've found myself using sodipodi instead of inkscape in some very complex cases even though I find inkscape's interface much nicer and feature filled, because it was simply too slow.

I realise by now inkscape is probably a much more complex program than sodipodi but I can't really see why the actual rendering should be slower. Is there a technical explanation for this or is something strange with my system?

/Johan