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
