# What is the preferred way to save variables?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-save-variables/21918>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** jld, hdf5, jld2\
**Created:** [March 15, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-save-variables/21918 "2019-03-15T16:36:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-save-variables/21918/38 "2021-08-13T12:40:32Z")

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> [@TS-CUBED](#):
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> What about the incompatibility between versions of Julia that was mentioned in this thread?

In my opinion, Serialization has proven to be significantly more stable between Julia versions than many other packages that claim to be so.

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