No Name wrote:
> in practice people just
> want to get the job done, and are willing to put up with less than
> precisely 100% portability.
I agree with Clive here---as far as files are concerned the most
important thing is interoperability with other programs (visualization
software, or whatever) on the same machine, rather than moving between
machines.
And of course efficiency, so eliding record lengths matters to some
people...
Best,
Aleks
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