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HDF5 is efficient for large datasets and has its use cases but being a binary (and fairly easy to corrupt) it isn't a reasonable general replacement for CSV. It
by osigurdson 5y ago
HDF5 is efficient for large datasets and has its use cases but being a binary (and fairly easy to corrupt) it isn't a reasonable general replacement for CSV. It also has limitations such as it cannot be read while it is being written.