[m463]

IMHO binary logging is case of premature optimization.

The premise is that somehow binary logs buys you something. Either more precise data or faster access or something else.

Truth is, it could all have been done in ascii and it would have been more portable, accessible and resilient to failure.

[setpatchaddress]

No idea what systemd's implementation is meant to accomplish, but, in general, on a memory-constrained system, a binary log can theoretically speed up system performance by taking up less memory, which leads to more available pages for other purposes.

[einpoklum]

But would you even run a systemd-based Linux distribution on a memory-constrained system?