I don't see how multiple implementations make something better. One good, portable, open source implementation is good enough.
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 12:55 AM, Tim Holy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, April 02, 2014 09:49:11 PM Ivar Nesje wrote: >> It will probably be a long time before we can really trust anything but CSV >> for maximum forward compatibility. > > I suspect HDF5 is a rather reliable choice, even if it doesn't meet the > "multiple implementations" criterion. (Of course, there are many language > wrappers, but everybody wraps the same library.) > > --Tim > >
