[jdev] Re: VTD-XML version 1.6

[Justin Karneges]

On Friday 19 May 2006 20:39, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> But it turns out that streaming XML has some inherent benefits, one of
> which is that you don't have to create a new parser instance every time
> you want to send, receive, or route a message.

More importantly, XMPP-specific parsing code doesn't need to be written.  Any 
other wire protocol would require writing a parser, but with XMPP you can 
just throw SAX at it.

Granted, I'm also one of those guys that "wouldn't have designed it that way", 
but I still think XML streams are cool in that geeky sort of way.  Look mom, 
no parser.

I agree with Peter though, talking about the rationale in 2006 is kind of 
pointless.

-Justin