← Back to context Comment by reddalo 8 hours ago >Word is basically an operating system.And .doc files are basically a memory dump. 4 comments reddalo Reply galangalalgol 7 hours ago That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity. oblio 7 hours ago So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p galangalalgol 7 hours ago A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah. someguyiguess 7 hours ago Dump is a great word for it
galangalalgol 7 hours ago That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity. oblio 7 hours ago So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p galangalalgol 7 hours ago A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
oblio 7 hours ago So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p galangalalgol 7 hours ago A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
galangalalgol 7 hours ago A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity.
So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p
A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
Dump is a great word for it