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david.lyon@computergrid.net wrote:
>>>In XML 1.0, we have a larger file with no type information
>>>and in the computergrid format, we have type information as
>>>well as a saving of around 35% or 2,680,000 bytes.
>>>
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>>It's smaller, though somehow I doubt that's important....
>
>
> Well, it can be important in a business context. People in
> business don't have unlimited time. If a pricelist or any
> document takes too long to load up... they'll simply
> give the ctrl-alt-delete and give up. They have no love
> for the computers, I can assure you.
In 2005 I find it hard to believe any business computer or network would
notice or care about a 2.5 MB savings. Perhaps if you were working in an
embedded environment, but in that case you're probably not using XML
anyway.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim
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