Which is a faster parser for XML?

perl, xml-parsing

Solution

XML::LibXML is the fastest, see the benchmarks at Ways to Rome.

It may or may not matter for a "simple file" (which I assume would mean that it's not too big).

Problem

I am trying to parse a simple file, and I want to know between: - `XML::Simple` - `XML::Smart` - `LibXML` which one is faster?

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