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In theory, sure. In practice, nobody does, and length prefixes stop a format like that from being conveniently writable with a plain text editor.
by minitech 6y ago
In theory, sure. In practice, nobody does, and length prefixes stop a format like that from being conveniently writable with a plain text editor.
- CivBase 6y agoI work on avionics and we definitely use fixed-length text all the time. Text is often much more convenient than blobs, even when adhering to strict schemas. Syntaxes like XML, JSON, YAML, etc have become popular for their convenience and versatility, but they do not represent the whole of what is possible with text.
- renox 6y agoYou've not used enough Ada: its variable length string is so clunky that fixed sized text is used instead..