in reply to Re: Re: Best X-delimited format? in thread Best X-delimited format?
XML does result in larger files. That said though, larger files are very rarely a problem at this stage. If you are involved in flat files that would be so large that XML encoding them would be prohibitive, then the flat files are probably too big already.
Also, XML allows much flexibility in adding, moving, and rearranging the data. It's obvioiusly not the one answer for every situation, but it's the best answer for most situations.
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