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On Wednesday 2022-12-28 17:47, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
>> Examples:
>> 
>> 1. /proc/pid/stats.json
>> 2. /proc/pid/stats.xml
>> 3. /proc/pid/stats.yaml_shouldnt_be_a_thing
>
>A binary format would be even better.  No risk of ambiguity.

So like EBML?