[shell-coding] Question concerning XML libs

I've been shopping around for an XML parsing engine that supports 
Unicode and I've come to the conclusion that one doesn't exist 
under 500k. Now my question simply what's so damn special about 
XML that it requires such a large library? I can understand parsers 
that validate, but even the ones that explicitly state they're non-
validating, and non-conforming while still supporting unicode are in 
the 500k area. Any ideas on something that's smaller while still 
being as fast as libxml2? 

Nexistenz - Pondering reinventing the wheel

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