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Originally Posted by jbb
One question -
what is the advantage of using "atoms"?
It seems to make it hard to get to the data you want without reading the whole file?
Why not store named "files" in a zip file format?
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The primary advantage of atoms is you have a completely open-ended file format. You can change it majorly without breaking compatibility. It's also _very_ easy to read and write.