Maybe we should agree on a Squeak native (lean mean DTD skipping, SAX) parser and point to the VW port for applications that need the more complete implementation the VW port offers.
From an outsider's perspective, this seems like a really strange
strategy. Code size isn't a terribly big deal -- the thing the Squeak community is most constrained by is programmer time. How often does someone post about a really neat idea they have.... but that they don't have time to program? I'd much rather see SuperSwiki get connected to Jabber, for example, than see a custom XML library. :)
Besides, it would seem reasonable to at least *try* to divide the VW parser into subsets, so that you can load whichever parts you need.
-Lex