Re: [xml-dev] A question about the future of efficient XML

["Brendan Macmillan" <melbourne.research@gmail.com>]

> Actually text is encoded as a binary data too, right?

Yes; a big advantage of text formats is the installed base of text editors.
eg. even native HTML *editors* are no ware near it.

Another advantage is that the translation to human readable text is a
simple one; so simple it was hardwired into most I/O devices.


cheers,
Brendan
PS: hands off the 3.5inch floppy!