[XML-SIG] Future plans

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 07:29:35 -0500


uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com wrote:
> 
> I'll be straightforward: I haven't heard of any other serious use of 4DOM
> besides our internal uses.  I know of several small-scale, and incidental
> cases, but nothing more.  This could be because of 4DOM's youth, because it
> changes so often, because DOM is so inevitable unpythonic, or because it is of
> poor quality.  Whatever the reason, I don't expect that you'll hear from a
> large chorus of major 4DOM users.

In my case it is because:

 * I got PyDOM "for free" with the rest of the XML-SIG's package
 * Historically, PyDOM has been much easier to install.
 * I have had no need for PyDOM's extra features.
 * I actually use groves more than the DOM.

 Paul Prescod