xml-dev - Re: C++ or IDL definitions for SAX

[<david@megginson.com>]

Tyler Baker writes:

 > I am not so sure a CORBA IDL definition of SAX would be so useful
 > anyways unless you developed some efficient method of multiplexing
 > the SAX events that get sent over the network.

It seems like a fairly simple thing to manage, because the
dependencies are mostly one-way -- the driver could deliver events in
chunks of 100 (or 1,000, or whatever), blocking only when it needs
user input from an EntityResolver.

 > As far as C++ goes, I don't think a lot of people are doing too
 > much work here because any popular C++ tools for Windows have
 > pretty much no chance anymore of making an impact because of a very
 > well known large company having the reputation of cloning anything
 > and everything of any value written in C++ (looks like Java and a
 > few other lesser known languages are the last bastion of hope for
 > the software industry).

That might be an extreme position.  MS certainly has reduced
techno-diversity in commercial software, but it hasn't been able to do
much damage to free software (which is where most XML parsers live):
for example, Apache and Perl still own their markets.


All the best,


David

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