XML Considered Harmful

[Eli the Bearded]

In comp.lang.python, Chris Angelico  <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> I'd use one of the netpbm formats instead of JPEG. PBM for one bit
>> bitmaps, PGM for one channel (typically grayscale), PPM for three
>> channel RGB, and PAM for anything else (two channel gray plus alpha,
>> CMYK, RGBA, HSV, YCbCr, and more exotic formats). JPEG is tricky to
>> map to CSV since it is a three channel format (YCbCr), where the
>> channels are typically not at the same resolution. Usually Y is full
>> size and the Cb and Cr channels are one quarter size ("4:2:0 chroma
>> subsampling"). The unequal size of the channels does not lend itself
>> to CSV, but I can't say it's impossible.
> Examine prior art, and I truly do mean art, from Matt Parker:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I

His spreadsheet is a PPM file, not a JPEG. You can tell because all of
the cells are the same size.

He also ignores vector graphics when considering digital images. Often
they are rendered in what he calls "spreadsheets" but not always. I have
a Vectrex, for example.

Elijah
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then there's typewriter art with non-square "pixels"