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    * XML::SAX
    * Perl for Middle School Students

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| XML::SAX                                                           |
|   posted by ziggy on Tuesday November 13, @11:09 (modules)         |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/13/1612207              |
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[0]Matts writes "XML::SAX redefines XML processing in Perl. It frees you
from the chains of SAX parser details. It elevates your soul. It even
freshens your breath. [think: DBI for XML]

OK, maybe not. But it does mean you can write XML applications for Perl
without hard-coding a particular parser. So now you don't have to rely on
the user having a particular SAX2 Parser installed. Instead you can just
use XML::SAX as a factory class to provide you with a parser (and it'll
fall back to XML::SAX::PurePerl).

At the moment the only supporting parser is XML::SAX::PurePerl (which is
included), but [1]Robin Berjon is about to release XML::SAX::Expat (which
is based on XML::Parser at the moment), and soon I'll release an updated
XML::LibXML with a SAX driver compatible with XML::SAX.

On all good CPAN mirrors near you now."

Thanks, Matt. This is the kind of support for XML that Perl programmers
have been requesting for years now.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=01/11/13/1612207

Links:
    0. mailto:[email protected]
    1. http://use.perl.org/~darobin


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| Perl for Middle School Students                                    |
|   posted by pudge on Tuesday November 13, @11:47 (links)           |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/13/1654216              |
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mjd sends in this link of a [0]Perl introduction for middle school
students, and notes that the author requests feedback.

Discuss this story at:
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Links:
    0. http://home.mindspring.com/~djrassoc01/PoP/Pop.html



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