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Re: Case for XML-RPC
From:
Simon Cozens
Date:
July 17, 2001 21:23
Subject:
Re: Case for XML-RPC
Message ID:
20010717235705.B16522@netthink.co.uk
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:44:51PM -0400, barries wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 03:37:45PM -0700, Randy J. Ray wrote:
> > In lieu of a completely-compliant XML parser in pure perl,
>
> I think the pure perl issue is a red herring. Perl must be compiled with
> a C compiler, and plenty of the extensions that are in Perl's standard
> library are written partially in C code. If it ships with Perl, use the
> most appropriate language, just make sure the interface is Perlish :-).
If it helps sway the issue, Python-dev is considering putting the whole
of expat (yes, a whole THREE FILES) into their core.
Simon