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I do not think that there was ever a period when "the only option for computing for quite a while" was text files. It certainly wasn't the 1960s, 1970s, or 198
by JdeBP 7y ago
I do not think that there was ever a period when "the only option for computing for quite a while" was text files. It certainly wasn't the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s. dBase databases were not text files, for just one example.
- jamestomasino 7y agoI was refering to plain text as the interface to the machine, not the file formats. When your primary interface is through text, it makes sense that good tooling would develop.