Thanks, runrig

I actually set 

$XML::SAX::ParserPackage
in my SAX test and gave each of the modules a go. ExpatXS was the fastest, so I just used it.

I thought XML::LibXML was a tree parser and I have had little luck with them as I run out of memory and my windoze session grinds to a halt :-(

I quite like the feel of SAX and might just put up with the penalty but I wanted to get some opinions before just ploughing ahead and coding all the parsers I need.

BTW, PurePerl took a lot longer. Here's the original run where I timed a few of the SAX modules :)

XML::LibXML::SAX

real    1m9.658s
user    1m3.186s
sys     0m0.312s


XML::SAX::Expat

real    2m29.873s
user    2m2.421s
sys     0m0.389s


XML::SAX::ExpatXS

real    0m55.370s
user    0m49.014s
sys     0m0.311s


XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser

real    2m31.700s
user    2m14.342s
sys     0m0.483s


XML::SAX::PurePerl

real    5m2.766s
user    4m23.733s
sys     0m0.515s

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