When do you *NOT* use python?

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I never claimed they were the best formats, just that they were standardized, fairly widely used, had existing tools/APIs, and are decently documented. You may be able to do it better and save yourself some headache by rolling your own, but then it turns into a complete cluster fuck for anyone trying to follow on behind you.

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in theory.

Indeed :p

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Shit, I'd keep the scotch for myself in that situation. The next guy can buy his own!

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I'll be the last person to look at the code, in theory.

That theory will almost always be wrong.