Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions

On Tue, 28 May 2024 15:06:40 +0100
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

On 28/05/2024 12:41, Michael S wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2024 13:09:36 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
 

 
I think you might be missing the point here.
 

I don't think so.
I understand your points and agree with just about everything. My post
was off topic, intentionally so.

If we talk about practicalities, the problems with xxd, if there are
problems at all, are not its speed, but the size of the text file
it produces (~6x the size of original binary) and its availability.
I don't know to which package it belongs in typical Linux or BSD
distributions, but at least on Windows/msys2 it is part of Vim - rather
big package for which, apart from xxd, I have no use at all.