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Some developers may prefer to use a third party XML parser to interface with their forms.
Depending on the parser and the types of tasks to be performed, this may provide some
benefits in terms of speed or developer comfort (if the developer has a great deal of
experience with XML parsers).
However, the API is able to perform some tasks that are impossible for an XML parser. For
example, computes can continue to run in the form (or be activated by the API) while the form
is in memory, so any form data that is dependent on continuously evaluated computes will
remain accurate. Additionally, since ...