One problem with XPath is that it can be a lot slower than native or JIT'd code depending on the implementation. Interestingly enough you can do xpath like thin

One problem with XPath is that it can be a lot slower than native or JIT'd code depending on the implementation. Interestingly enough you can do xpath like things in Scala with native code using pattern matching: http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596155957/HerdingXMLInScalaDSLs.html http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9780596155957/HerdingXMLInSca...