Because the file format is the same as the pd message format. So you would lose the "Pure Data"ness of Pd by having the file format different than pd messages. I suppose you could make pd messages also be XML, but that would take away the simplicity.
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On Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004, at 11:11 America/New_York, smoerk wrote:
why not drop the old format and use something like XML?
Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
Hi, I would need some input on extending the .pd format. I would also like that some modifications get made to Pd to support extensibility. Here's the plan for now:
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