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They're both right... (Score:2)
It's not that it hard right now, it's that you can only work at the XML syntax level, and that gets tedious fast (and you can shoot yourself in the foot). I can write a SAX handler in a handful of minutes, it's not hard once you get the hang of it. But it's true that higher-level tools would certainly help people. Now, as for what those tools would be, I have no idea :)
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
Reach for a better tool? (Score:1)
Yes, it's tedious and error prone, but this type of XML to XML translation is better handled by XSLT.