Re:Don't write just in plain text (longevity vs. authenticity)
by jjav on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:26PM
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That is why I tend to always keep files in plain ASCII, even though two out of my three primary languages need characters not in ASCII.
File longevity wins over grammatical correctness most of the time for me. I have text files going back to the 80s, so I'm glad I didn't use any fancier software to write them as they'd be completely unreadable today.
File longevity wins over grammatical correctness most of the time for me. I have text files going back to the 80s, so I'm glad I didn't use any fancier software to write them as they'd be completely unreadable today.