As I understand it, Parquet is for storage, not interchange. So the point about comparing inputs and outputs is moot. (I might be wrong about this.)
Ron McLeod wrote:Just because the format may be readable by humans doesn't mean that they are intended to be read by humans.
Quoted for emphasis. Much harm was done by people assuming that XML was meant to be created or maintained by humans. Much more flexible and easy to use alternatives existed, but we had to live with
Struts config files and the like for years. :-(