• From: "Brendan Macmillan" <melbourne.research@g...>
• To: "Miroslav Hajda" <bomi@c...>
• Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:52:45 +1000

> Actually text is encoded as a binary data too, right?

Yes; a big advantage of text formats is the installed base of text editors.
eg. even native HTML *editors* are no ware near it.

Another advantage is that the translation to human readable text is a
simple one; so simple it was hardwired into most I/O devices.


cheers,
Brendan
PS: hands off the 3.5inch floppy!

• References:
  • A question about the future of efficient XML
    • From: "Miroslav Hajda" <bomi@c...>
  • RE: A question about the future of efficient XML
    • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
  • RE: A question about the future of efficient XML
    • From: "Miroslav Hajda" <bomi@c...>