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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by outworlder on Friday March 07, 2014 @01:35PM (#7361862)
The save format does not matter at all. It wouldn't matter even if it were an obscure, made-up format. All it would do is slow down 'cheaters' by half an hour.

The only argument against human-editable text files is parsing speed, not security.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: “I'm happily hacking on a new save format... by dinkumthinkum on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:59PM (#7363759)
Data size has a bit to do with it. Not trying to be pedantic, just adding that.
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