If an XML parser is really important to what you're doing, then definitely go ahead and write one. It's that judgement call. I've just written a DNS client, b

If an XML parser is really important to what you're doing, then definitely go ahead and write one. It's that judgement call. I've just written a DNS client, because I needed to. In the process though, as well as having a very cool DNS client I know will work, I've learnt about the DNS protocol.