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by rambambram 1688 days ago
Oh, what do I love .txt files. I use them for all kinds of simple checklists, logs, and basically everything. I had a manager once (not in the software field though) and she asked me annoyed why I kept using these strange files, and if I wanted to "just use Word and .doc files because that was more safe and compatible". I wasn't able to explain that text files were there and will be there for a long time. She also didn't understand the difference between a text file and a document. Not even when I pointed her to the .txt in the filename.