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XML::SAX::PurePerl is PurePerl, if not completely full-featured.

As for claiming you can't compile expat on AIX, Solaris, and Linux ... most (if not all) of those OSes come with expat already installed. (Not so sure about AIX, but Solaris and Linux usually do.) So, it's just a matter of installing XML::Parser (which will be a problem only on AIX because of the need to install gcc as well - don't trust IBM's C compiler - it sucks).

Oh - as an unrelated note - are you planning on making sure you have the right compilation of Perl on each of these boxes? AIX boxes sometime come pre-installed with Perl4. Solaris boxes usually come pre-installed with Perl5.6.0, which is buggy. RedHat comes installed with a Perl5.8.0 that has threading compiled in, which is a performance hit if you don't need it.

In other words - you will want to compile your own Perl for each of these setups.

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In reply to Re: Perl Only XML Parser? by dragonchild
in thread Perl Only XML Parser? by plmc

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