[XML-SIG] really stupid question: why expat?

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Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:00:45 +0100


Mark McEahern wrote:

> Why is the expat parser called expat?  Does it have something to do with
> expatriates?

Possibly.

Expat was written by James Clark, an Englishman who now lives in
Thailand.......

More info from http://www.jclark.com/

Might James have had anything else in mind as well when he named the parser?

Alan.