XML size (was: no subject)

[Christian Stimming]

Cornel DIACONU wrote:

> This is my question: can anyone give a reasonable and
> TRUE motive for the *** turn over in
> the database format which GnuCash now uses ? I mean I
> really don't see ANY reason at all for this
> *** XML format !!!!! Can anyone
> explain me why is this better than the old format ?


See 
http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2000-December/001696.html 
  and the whole discussion thread there. Quote:

The binary format was really a dead-end. It was very brittle, with
subtle endian and architecture issues, and continuing to extend it
was going to be an extreme headache.

(end quote)

Christian