On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:53:47AM +0900, James Britt (rubydev) wrote:
> > 
> > The DOM is a pretty awkward API to both use and implement.  An API based on
> > Ruby-isms, such as dynamic typing and blocks for traversal, and XPath for
> > lookups would be much more convenient.
> 
> 
> While this is true, people coming to Ruby with prior XML experience will likley expect a DOM API, plus whatever else Ruby offers.
> 
> James
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >             Nat.
> 

Not to mention that some of us are playing with porting libraries
which expect a DOM or a SAX interface.

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