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Re: DOM or SAX: Sense and Sensibility

• To: michael.h.kay@n...
• Subject: Re: DOM or SAX: Sense and Sensibility
• From: David Brownell <david-b@p...>
• Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:49:51 -0800
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• References: <000301c167e1$50c00ab0$26816bd5@pcukmka>

A very similar point:  many other inexperienced programmers
don't like to design data structures of any kind, and having
DOM provide a "generic data structure" design for them is
perceived as goodness.

Of course I still think SAX is usually better, but I'll leave
the "why" of that till later ... :)

- Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
To: "'Bullard, Claude L (Len)'" <clbullar@i...>; "'Al Snell'" <alaric@a...>
Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: RE:  DOM or SAX: Sense and Sensibility


> > I'm curious about this subject because
> > I keep seeing people who learn just the barebones,
> > get to DOM, then use it for everything.
> 
> I think for many inexperienced programmers, the imperative navigational
> style, where their own program is in control and issues requests to other
> subsystems, is the only model they really feel comfortable with. It's a
> control thing, a perception that the job of the programmer is to tell the
> computer what to do next.
> 
> Mike Kay
> 
> 

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