Re: [Sodipodi-list] summery of binary vs xml

[Charles I. K. <tn...@li...>]

Hello,

On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 19:29, Ren=E9 Seindal wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:13:54PM -0800, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > (I haven't finished reading the other thread yet, but...)
> >=20
> > First... it wanted to suggest using a "compiled" form of XML.
> > (I.e., a binary form of XML.)  That way we'd keep alot of
> > the advantages of using XML, but gain the advantages of
> > using a binary format.
>=20
> Whats wrong with gzip?  Look at the gimp.  It has its own .xcf format
> that saves everything but is very bulky.  When you save a file in gimp,
> you just type "file.xcf.gz" and it saves as gzipped xcf data.  Voila,
> efficient binary xml format for almost nothing.   Many applications use
> zlib, so it is probably installed on most systems anyway.

The would make the file size smaller.  But it would not help you
with Random File Access.


See ya

--=20
     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, BSc
     ch...@re...

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