Tim Gould Wrote:No. Because reading .dat files is a pain in the ass. This is the main reason I chose XML file format, and I presume it's the same for Mike and Allen.
You could say the same about xml files (them being a pain), because any serious LDraw application needs to parse dat/ldr/mpd files at some point so a using it's core library reading the header stuff should also take only a handful of lines.
I'm just saying, not taking anybody's side or something.