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0 pointsglogla10y ago0 comments

I wonder if it weren't more practical to just use sqlite file for data like that. I mean, it's not plaintext, but sqlite is available pretty much anywhere and provides convenient interface for data.

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felixr10y ago

HDF5 is much better suited for a lot of scientific data sets. How would you store multidimensional data in sqlite? Not everything is a table or matrix. HDF5 also allows you to pick compression filters that are especially suited for the data you have. If you are looking to replace a CSV file, then sqlite is obviously a pragmatic solution.

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0 pointsglogla10y ago0 comments

I wonder if it weren't more practical to just use sqlite file for data like that. I mean, it's not plaintext, but sqlite is available pretty much anywhere and provides convenient interface for data.

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felixr10y ago

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