• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: 18 Jan 2000 15:04:45 -0500

Miles Sabin <msabin@c...> writes:

> I think that most SAX parsers are RD,

Tim Bray's Lark is a notable exception -- it uses giant state tables.
I don't remember what XP does.

Personally, I like recursive-descent a lot (and probably wouldn't have 
finished writing the original AElfred parser otherwise).  Miles
guesses correctly that SAX1 was push to accommodate existing parsers.


All the best,


David

-- 
David Megginson                 david@m...
           http://www.megginson.com/

xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i...
Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1
Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS.

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: SAX2: pull interface
    • From: Steinar Bang <sb@m...>

• References:
  • RE: SAX2: pull interface
    • From: Miles Sabin <msabin@c...>

• Prev by Date: ?Simple XML parser for Mac's
• Next by Date: CORBA/RMI vs XML/RDF/XMI
• Previous by thread: Re: SAX2: pull interface
• Next by thread: Re: SAX2: pull interface
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread