Re: [syndication] O'Reilly's "Content Syndication with XML and RSS"

["James Linden" <jlinden@lindensys.net>]

> I think that it needs to be strongly worded that if you want to use RSS,
use an
> XML parser.  Do not try to parse RSS by hand.

    Just out of curiosity - what is wrong with parsing RSS/RDF by hand?
There is nothing particuarly difficult or complex about parsing XML by hand,
particuarly RSS - one of the simpler formats. My own personal tests have
shown several different "hand parsers" run faster than several premade
ones - on a nanosecond level anyway. The Snewp (http://snewp.com) uses one
of those "hand parsers" in it's indexing agent in fact. Anyway, just my 2
cents on that point, no intention of starting a war or anything.

James