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david.lyon@c... wrote: >>>In XML 1.0, we have a larger file with no type information >>>and in the computergrid format, we have type information as >>>well as a saving of around 35% or 2,680,000 bytes. >>> >> >>It's smaller, though somehow I doubt that's important.... > > > Well, it can be important in a business context. People in > business don't have unlimited time. If a pricelist or any > document takes too long to load up... they'll simply > give the ctrl-alt-delete and give up. They have no love > for the computers, I can assure you. In 2005 I find it hard to believe any business computer or network would notice or care about a 2.5 MB savings. Perhaps if you were working in an embedded environment, but in that case you're probably not using XML anyway. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@m... XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim
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