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		perching_aix 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storag... What would you reckon is the worst format? I'm very curious of your standards given this.

pletnes 18 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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