What text encoding scheme do you use when you have binary data that you need to send over an ascii channel?
If you have binary data that you need to encode, what encoding scheme do you use? I know about: Hex encoding. Very simple, but quite verbose, expands one byte to two. Base 64. Most common, not so verbose, expands three bytes to four. Base 85. Not common, less verbose again, expands four bytes to five. Are there any other encoding sc...