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In article <3958@enea.se>, sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog) writes:
> There are several advantages of using fixed record files for data,
> if the data I have fits to that format.

Either you missed the point, or I didnt make it well. The issue I was
addressing was not whether the record format was variable, but
whether the format was human readable. And if you are developing
anything remotely complex, being able to read and "text process"
the data files is very handy for debugging. I believe that was the
context of the original discussion. I agree that, usually, fixed
format is better, unless space is a problem.
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Miles O'Neal                                 decvax!gatech!stiatl!meo