Re: [MacPerl] XML and MacPerl

[bart.mediamind@tornado.be (Bart Lateur)]

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:02:22 -0400, Chris Nandor wrote:

>>It's not really so much the Unix dependencies as it is that XML::Parser as
>>it now stands is basically a Perl front end to James Clark's expat parser,
>>and AFAIK noone has yet ported expat to the Mac.
>
>Is expat a set of libraries, or an executable program?  If the former, then
>porting should not be very difficult, I would think.

My guess is that it is part of the SGML Parser program suite SP. That is
a HUGE set of C++ source. It puts very high demands on the compiler with
regards to standard compatibility. Most commercial C++ compilers are not
compatible enough; I think the Achilles' heel is related to templates.

That is the reason why it's not ported to too many platforms, including
the Mac.

Too bad SP is pretty much the defacto standard: a SGML parser is too
complex a beast (read: SGML is too flexible as a standard) for any real
competitors to exist. Note that SP is free.

	Bart.

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