Re:Plain Text Accounting
by zaltekk on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:10AM
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Because a proprietary or binary format would be easier to recover over time?
It’s usually pretty easy to figure out the right encoding for text files, especially when you know their origin (which I expect you would for accounting documents).
Additionally, UTF-8 is quite universally accepted these days.
It’s usually pretty easy to figure out the right encoding for text files, especially when you know their origin (which I expect you would for accounting documents).
Additionally, UTF-8 is quite universally accepted these days.