XML is bad for TinyVG as it is too large in several regards. XML kinda requires DOM parsing, XML is a text format (so inefficient encoding) and XML parsers need to be large so they can be called XML parsers.

All of these properties contradict a embedded world where you can render vector graphics from 32k RAM on a chip that doesn't even have enough memory for a framebuffer itself.

Also implementation complexity of XML is so high that i gave up on impementing a correct parser. I don't want to have a half-assed parser that cannot parse XML, but only "XML light" and making this is a huge amount of work which i don't want to waste in my leisure time