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Re: Write a vector into a file [message #73509 is a reply to message #73413]

Tue, 09 November 2010 09:01

Gray
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Registered: February 2010

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On Nov 9, 10:41 am, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 9, 1:36 pm, Paolo <pgri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, text format most likely can be read by anyone
>> in any situations. 20 years down the line a binary format may be
>> so obsolete that nobody can read it anymore...
>
> On another hand, many text files cannot be read next week, by their
> own author, because they are a mess. Or even if read, are causing lost
> precision, or just too much work.
>
> By the way, I was not saying text files are never good. Just that they
> are not always good, as many users assume without even thinking about
> it.

This is why I write all of my data as FITS ascii tables. For
everything. It will always work!

Just kidding.

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		Re: Write a vector into a file By: penteado on Tue, 09 November 2010 07:41
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: pgrigis on Tue, 09 November 2010 07:36
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: penteado on Tue, 09 November 2010 07:18
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: David Fanning on Tue, 09 November 2010 07:07
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: David Fanning on Tue, 09 November 2010 06:37
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: jeanh on Tue, 09 November 2010 06:30
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: penteado on Mon, 08 November 2010 18:08
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 November 2010 17:56
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: jeanh on Mon, 08 November 2010 17:24
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 November 2010 17:21
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: MC on Thu, 11 November 2010 18:18
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: MC on Thu, 11 November 2010 18:20
		Re: Write a vector into a file By: Gray on Tue, 09 November 2010 09:01

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