PyXML XPath and XSLT Re: [XML-SIG] Mass assignment of 4Suite bug reports

[Uche Ogbuji]

> On Tuesday 10 September 2002 12:42 pm, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, in particular the bison parser modules.
> >
> > There is even more that has moved to C recently in 4Suite, so we'll
> > certainly want to keep in mind general principles about what we want to
> > keep in Python int he PyXPath/PyXSLT versions.  I do like the idea of
> > keeping them mostly Python for max cross-platform support.
> 
> Isn't it just the portablity of the specific C code that is at issue? The 
> bison dependancy is troublesome for porting to the Mac and Windows. Most 
> everyone would prefer the speed of C if it is available and it compiles 
> without a hitch.

Bison is part of it.  Aoother problem is that not everyone on every platform 
has a C compiler in order to build such extensions.

Isn't it enough to say "if you want maximum velocity, install 4Suite or 
libxslt or Pyana"?


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