in reply to xml parsers: do I need one?

I really cannot comment on what you need (and neither can any other monk) but I too was an XML naysayer for quite some time. A coworker turned me on to XML::LibXML and then to the power of XPath. I cannot even begin to tell you the power of XPath. This entry from the perl advent calendar gives a real nice intro with links to more on XPath.

-derby

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Re^2: xml parsers: do I need one?
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 28, 2003 at 15:45 UTC
    And since it's based on a library written in C, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it beats the Java apps too.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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      Java is only slow on speed startup. For execution, it's not THAT much difference since hotspot (optimizing) or just the regular execution JVM's turn the byte code into a compiled program.

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        I am aware of that. Java has caught up a great deal in performance issues. Nevertheless, Java code is not as low level as C code. (char* anyone?)

        Makeshifts last the longest.

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