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>>Don't get me wrong, tar is a nice tool, but for transporting data there are better.
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>note that I was using past tense. 😉
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>and let's not forget there is often some amount of inertia that keeps certain older formats in use.
Times are something a German constantly get wrong. We do not use past tense, present perfect and past in there sense. We distinct by context rather then grammar, and do have nothing similar to the more tricky kinds of past like past perfect progressive. Sorry for the confusion.
Some would say, no wonder on 'nix. It's all about inertia ... They like tar because it neatly fits into the STDIN ~OUT and pipe concept. And a lot of 'nix is like
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