My concern isn't about pure Perl, but being able to install it via ppm out of the box.

The Active State repository isn't the only place to get ppm modules. See this page: http://ppm4.activestate.com/

If you are using the gui I/F to PPM, got into Edit | preferences and there is a way to add other repositories. Sometimes you will find something that isn't in the default ActiveState repository (I've gotten crypt modules from U of Winnipeg before). I don't know for sure whether this will help you on your XML quest or not, but thought it was worth a mention.

In reply to Re^3: Fastest XML parser that can run under ActivePerl on Windows? by Marshall
in thread Fastest XML parser that can run under ActivePerl on Windows? by Xenofur

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