[Biopython] Legacy blastn XML outfile parsing is slow. What XML parser is actually used?

[Michiel de Hoon]

--- On Thu, 9/13/12, Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs at fold.natur.cuni.cz> wrote:
> P.S.: And yes, I would love to parse blastn plaintext output
> or some other more compact one, the XML is really an overkill.

What exactly is the advantage of plain text parsing compared to XML? File size?

Best,
-Michiel.