From: Bob Hutchison <hutch@...>
Date: 2001-11-16T22:32:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25425] Re: XML support in the standard	lib;whatexactly?

On 01/11/16 7:08 AM, "David Alan Black" <dblack@candle.superlink.net> wrote:

> Hello --
> 
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Robert Feldt wrote:
>> 
>> When you guys start discussing big and hairy DOM, SAX and whatever API's
>> (ok, I'm ignorant) small little Ruby'ers like me get scared. Don't you
>> forget that! ;-)
>> 
>> Anyway, Matz is there as the final arbiter and he is on the side of the
>> humans in us (even the weak once, eh?) so nothing to worry about... ;-)
> 
> 
> Now, now -- the "S" in SAX stands for Simple :-)  Nothing inhuman
> about it.

So did the "S" in SOAP, once upon a time :-)

Seriously, SAX is a very easy interface to learn. However, to use it you
have to be pretty comfortable with event based programming (the flow of
control is not in your program it is 'outside' in the parser -- very much
like a modern GUI).

Cheers,
Bob

> 
> 
> David