Add a pointer from my IBW post to my HDF5 post.
authorW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:27:40 +0000 (17:27 -0500)
committerW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:27:40 +0000 (17:27 -0500)
posts/Reading_IGOR_binary_waves_from_Python.mdwn

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@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ to move data that direction anyway ;).
 Thanks to the folks at [WaveMetrics][] for publishing some good
 [documentation][], even if it's in a goofy format.
 
+Note that if you're designing a system, [[HDF5]] is almost certainly a
+better choice for your data file format than IBW.  This module exists
+for those of you who's data is already stuck in IBW.
+
 [igorbinarywave.py]: http://git.tremily.us/?p=hooke.git;a=blob;f=hooke/util/igorbinarywave.py;hb=HEAD
 [WaveMetrics]: http://www.wavemetrics.com/
 [documentation]: ftp://ftp.wavemetrics.net/IgorPro/Technical_Notes/TN003.zip