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		pletnes 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storag... You can unzip the xlsx and read the xml inside. It’s not the worst format by far.

perching_aix 20 days ago [–]

What would you reckon is the worst format? I'm very curious of your standards given this.

pletnes 19 days ago | [–]

A binary format that is only readable by some very specific version of the program writing it. The older xls comes to mind, but there must be thousands of examples.

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