“Everybody's comments on my use of .txt are interesting. Most more powerful formats are not nearly as universal as .txt.”
July 26 at 8:36 am
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plain txt files are fine most of the times, command line friendly, and lightweight text editors. Unless the document is going to be printed, txt files do well. - Hassan Ibraheem
pure ascii cannot be corrupted in any form :)- - Peter Dawson
Plaintext files can be printed. One way is to write the file in HTML/CSS and print it from a browser. The even nerdier way is to use *roff (http://codingexperiments.com/h..., shameless advertising as it's a guest post on my blog). - possible248