100% agreed, which is why Concise Encoding has 1:1 type-compatible binary [1] and text [2] formats, which can be automatically converted when needed with no dat

100% agreed, which is why Concise Encoding has 1:1 type-compatible binary [1] and text [2] formats, which can be automatically converted when needed with no data loss. Human accessibility is an absolute must for any modern format. [1] https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-encoding/blob/master/cbe-specification.md https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-encoding/blob/master/cb... [2] https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-encoding/blob/master/cte-specification.md https://github.com/kstenerud/concise-encoding/blob/master/ct...