• From: Al Snell <alaric@a...>
• To: Bill dehOra <BdehOra@i...>
• Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:28:14 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Bill dehOra wrote:

> :*It's a myth that binary formats are somehow harder to read than
> :text-based formats.*
> 
> I take your point, but do you mean "decode" (machine) rather 
> than "read" (people) ;)

Text files need decoding too!

It's purely a matter of ubiquitousness. Text viewers exist in *every*
OS. As do filesystem and zip-file and gzip and tar-file and
image and TCP/IP and PPP and ISO9660 CD "viewers", generally :-)

> 
> regards,
> Bill
> 

ABS

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