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Nitpicking a bit, but a format that is still used ~90% of the time is not obsolete. Not optimal (anymore) is what you meant, I think.
by pnako 7y ago
Nitpicking a bit, but a format that is still used ~90% of the time is not obsolete. Not optimal (anymore) is what you meant, I think.
- ncmncm 7y agoI mean there is no objective reason to use gzip (deflate) compression anymore, unless whoever has to use the data cannot themselves upgrade and is stuck with a gzip deflator. It is little different from building with ARMs instead of Z80s. Where Z80s were once a good choice, now they are almost always a bad choice. Obsolete. USB sticks vs floppies, OLED vs fluorescent-backed LCD, valacyclovir vs acyclovir, Google vs Altavista, Git vs Subversion vs RCS. Need I go on?
- ncmncm 7y ago*... with a gzip inflater.