>Word is basically an operating system.
replyAnd .doc files are basically a memory dump.
That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity.
replySo what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p
replyA selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
replyDump is a great word for it
replyHaha, I misread as "word games" and was very confused about the claim.
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