If it's over-engineered, which part should be removed? Alternatively, would care to show a working solution that's not over-engineered? Or maybe you're just full of crap.

And you, sir, are snobby elitist know-it-all show off,

Nope, just a jerk to someone who doesn't realise that "parse_file" parses a file! HAHAHA!

who revels in over-engineering complex solutions to simple problems because you believe it makes you look smart infront of the crowd.

Actually, of working solutions, the "crowd" prefers clear and concise solutions by far. Your sentence makes no sense.

In reply to Re^7: Processing Two XML Files in Parallel by ikegami
in thread Processing Two XML Files in Parallel by tedv

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