From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2001-12-14T05:46:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28451] Re: DTD Parsers in Ruby?

David Alan Black wrote:

> I've written about .02% of a DTD parser.  Didn't even want to mention it,
> but had to say: DTDs rule! :-)  Well, at least they serve a purpose.
> Sean: if it's your distaste for DTDs that's slowing you down, let me know
> if you want help.

I really wouldn't have anything to do with DTD if someone else was writing 
a parser, so if you want to exchange sources, let me know.  They're a pain 
in the arse to parse.  XMLSchema is much nicer, and more powerful, IMHO.

> David (cut his teeth on SGML and still sort of likes it that way :-)

--- SER (disliked SGML until it was distilled into XML :-)