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2008-05-20

Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds)

"A normal programmer would conclude that Office’s binary file formats:

* are deliberately obfuscated
* are the product of a demented Borg mind
* were created by insanely bad programmers
* and are impossible to read or create correctly. "

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html

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