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THOUGHTS ON CANONICAL S-EXPRESSIONS

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Canonical S-Expressions (csexp) is a compact and efficient data format that stores data as lists of bytes. It's easy to parse and ideal for storing raw binary data. However, csexp lacks support for complex data structures like associative arrays, requiring custom serialization and deserialization logic.