Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Interplatform (interprocess, interlanguage) communication Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:51:10 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4217698.319.1328892670179.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcwg4> References: <4f332c6d$0$288$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4f345b64$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328892766 7458 127.0.0.1 (10 Feb 2012 16:52:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:52:46 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Received-Bytes: 2819 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11905 BGB wrote: > Arne Vajh=F8j wrote: > > ???? > > > > No one in their right mind would parse XML manually. > > > > You can pick between lots of nice XML API's (many of them > > shipping with Java) that will handle all that. > > >=20 > depends on which language one is using at the time... >=20 > if one is using Java, then XML parsing is basically free. This /is/ a Java newsgroup, as you might have noticed. > if one is using C, then it is either "write some code to do it", or=20 > suffer with a 3rd party [sic] library dependency (one might validly choos= e to=20 > write the code themselves in this case). "Suffer"? The XML parsers for C are well-established, very reliable, and no= =20 cause for suffering. Using a pejorative is not the same as establishing a= =20 point. There is nothing wrong with the third-party libraries, and the choice to=20 roll your own for C is rarely valid. You seem to suffer from NIH syndrome. > I don't expect it is all that uncommon for a person to switch between=20 > several different languages, and maybe deal with the strengths and=20 > weaknesses of whichever language they are using at the time. Not usually in the same program. Your expectation lacks relevance here. --=20 Lew