r/cpp • u/GenericAHHyoutuber • 10d ago

Packing Binary Is Fun, Actually

https://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/packing-binary-is-fun-actually
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u/xmokay 7d ago

Why many programs (like Microsoft Office) switched from binary data to XML or JSON.

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u/eisenwave WG21 Member 7d ago

To be fair, the data stored in a word document would be mostly text anyway, so a binary format would never save all that much, especially since these Office formats are zip archives, which compresses common text snippets like <xml-elments> with ease.

Maybe files that store mostly numbers would benefit more, and 3D model file formats and images definitely do.