Op woensdag 14-10-2009 om 16:47 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Maciej
Piechotka:
> Hmm. AFAIK in some cases compressed XML files were better then
> designed binary formats in terms of disk-space efficiency.

Because in most cases binary formats aren't compressed.

But compression adds an additional layer, so it's an extra source for
errors & bugs (and complicates recovery).


I also doubt that disk space usage is an issue for configuration data on
any modern systems...


-- 
Jan Claeys

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