I mean... keeping the output of a small "load bearing" program that's been that way since the 80s and is being parsed by countless other scripts that rely on it

I mean... keeping the output of a small "load bearing" program that's been that way since the 80s and is being parsed by countless other scripts that rely on it being exactly the way it is is probably a good idea. Despite what the average library maintainer seems to think, it's far better to have a few people complain about it being meh then breaking half the internet because the output could be nicer. That said, anyone know of any good alternatives that parse it into something actually -human readable?