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Why I prefer human-readable file formats
When I say human-readable file format, I'm referring to text-based files that can be opened, read, and understood without the need for any specific software or proprietary interface. They include formats like Markdown, JSON, YAML, INI, TOML, CSV/TSV and even fixed-width text files where the content and its structure are visible, transparent, and editable in a simple text editor [...]
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@adele "Editable in a simple text editor" is a non-trivial additional condition.
Remember those MSVC control files which were in some sort of XML ... but included a checksum such that the file wouldn't load if you edited it unless you managed to discover the checksum algorithm and calculate a new one?
@TimWardCam
it was obvious, but it's even better saying it 😊