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In article <jgkDKMn2x.2KA@netcom.com> Joe Keane <jgk@netcom.com> writes:

   What if GIF files didn't work between machines?  Or what about tar files?
   What if you compress a file and can't uncompress it on a different machine?
   People would say that someone is an incompetent bozo, and they'd be right.

Irrelevant. These formats are expressly designed for interchange, and they
carry a hefty performance penalty because of it. The X protocol is another
example. For almost all other cases, the equivalent of a core dump is just
fine. 

   Performance is a fine excuse but, take it from me, it's just an excuse.

Nonsense. Ever tried reading a 50 MByte array iteratively with a working set
of 2 MB (old example, scale up to the numbers to your liking)? When you're
spending a third of your CPU just shuffling the data around, you sure don't
want to spend another factor of three (8-)) just to satisfy that request for
portability. 

	Jan