text_combined: adam l beberg bebergmithralcom mon 2 sep 2002 reza bfar ebuilt wrote increasing prevalence web services always good thing doubt parsing xml something remain java application layer long recent threads fork indicating move towards hardware parsing code even become part native implementation java various platforms ok get xml toss hardware turn back structobject whatever call binary data agree way things go xml parsing much overhead survive application layer turn xml first place becasue gives geeks something sells xml hardware accelerators way cpus anyone actually anything new actually improves things anymore scared fact improvements put people work cut 1 creators adam l duncan beberg httpwwwmithralcombeberg bebergmithralcom mon 2 sep 2002 162405 0700 pdt java kiddies