I wrote an ASN.1 parser once (the platform we were using didn't have one)... and been wondering exactly why there are so many new binary formats when it all goe

I wrote an ASN.1 parser once (the platform we were using didn't have one)... and been wondering exactly why there are so many new binary formats when it all goes down to something just like ASN.1 :D, mostly (which is what, 30 years old now?).