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evikstoday at 11:29 AM1 replyview on HN

How can text enable compabitility if you can't be certain how to parse it, and the rules can change any time??? Similarly with vendors - how can they lock you into themselves if you use some widespread open format?


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zahlmantoday at 11:37 AM

The point is that every byte of it still means something to you even if you can't "parse" it.