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by jojo2000 1759 days ago
It's time to reinvent the wheel, but more complex, more failure-prone. No thanks ! Joke aside good alternatives exist, but are far less ubiquitous. Binary format means problems to read, compatibility issues... Look at how hdf5 is a complex format with a lengthy spec. Checksum and compress your csv files, it will solve most issues.