Re: [MacPerl] XML and MacPerl

[online@mactech.com (Jeff at MacTech)]

In article <mac-perl.9808061352.AA29928@mailgate.nytimes.com>, John
Mignault <mignault@nytimes.com> wrote:

>On 8/6/98 at 7:36 AM, Bart Lateur <bart.mediamind@tornado.be> shipped 
>these bits:
>>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.
>>
>Well, actually, no.
>
>expat is specifically an XML parser. It was previously called xmltok.
>
>And it's in ~ 5400 lines of C, not C++.

Just for clarification: SP _is_ in C++, but expat is in C and is what is
being used for Perl's SGML modules. It's also being used to add XML
support to Navigator 5, so there must be some form of a Mac version
available. The Mozilla sources might have something useful; I'll take a
look when I can find the time to unstuff the beast.
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