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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:17:15 +0200
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On 8/1/10 11:13 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

>> I use S-expression as a sort of universal text-based container, just
>> like most people use XML these days,
>
> These wonder me too. I see no need in text-based containers for binary
> data. Binary data aren't supposed to be read by people, they read texts.
> And conversely the machine shall not read texts, it has no idea of good
> literature...

The whole idea of machine readable Ada source text is silly, right?