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[ALLY] Re: Amiga setup tip

From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 9-Aug-2000 19:06

Hello [doncox--enterprise--net]! On 09-Ago-00, you wrote: d> Although ILBM is limited, there's no reason why IFF can't d> support all the features of PNG. It is an open-ended format, d> well designed for parsing. It is more or less a binary d> equivalent of XML, as the chunks can be nested. Yeah, but there's no point in creating a new image format. PNG is not as general as IFF (which was created to contain ANY kind of file), but is quite good as image format (surely better than ILBM, that was created with the Amiga chipset in mind). Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[giesse--writeme--com]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/