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The Ruby equivalent would be XmlSimple: http://xml-simple.rubyforge.org/

And the Perl equivalent is XML::Simple: https://metacpan.org/module/XML::Simple

I would not recommend XML::Simple, there are various cases (not even that uncommon - say having an attribute and an element of the same name) where it breaks down.

It may be awkward to use at times, but XML::LibXML is robust and consistent.

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