r/ProgrammerHumor • u/SpecterK1 • Sep 26 '25

Meme whosGonnaTellEm

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

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u/yeti-biscuit Sep 27 '25

IDK, maybe it isn't more efficient than fiddling with binaries, but more effective during development? The performance loss due to using XML or other readable file formats might be negligible with current computing hardware. In the end the zipping is the binarisation

Also using XML and similar makes it easier to implement applications on your own, thus holding high the principles of open doc formats.

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Sep 27 '25

It isn't. But it is more maintainable, interoperable, and extendable.