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> >> . a binary file might be smaller, but that does not matter much
> > 
> > I wrote an app that used a tree-like data file for storage.  It
> > supported both ascii and binary formats.  Not only was the binary
> > format significantly smaller, but loaded 10x faster.  Parsing text
> > files and adapting to the incoming data is more expensive than you
> > think.
> 
> But for gEDA, it’s a small overhead relative to everything else, especially if it allows you to use old-fashioned kilobyte tools rather than trendy megabyte tools for processing.

To put it another way, did anyone draw schematics big enough to cause any considerable delay at startup?


Nicklas Karlsson