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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Portability across architecture
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Date: 15 Sep 88 14:02:00 GMT
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>I'm not sure how using ASCII data formats could "hamper a
>products' marketability."  If not an efficiency concern, 

It is efficiency. ASCIIfication can double or triple the size
of data files.