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Subject: Re: In memory Stream
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:43:13 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> On 2024-02-20 23:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:45:46 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> 
>>> The burden of checks is moved to the application, the format is same.
>> 
>> Isn’t that how all formats are implemented?
> 
> There is a difference in semantics of checks.

Think of a stream of bytes as the ultimate meta-format. All extra layout  
on top of that is “moved to the application”, as you say. But it just 
takes more work starting from such a low level; starting from a higher 
point, like JSON, reduces that work.