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Re:Problems with CSVs by azernik on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:54PM (#13266519)
Yeah, the genre was good for non-standardized things like names and (to a lesser extent) time, but file formats have specs and reference implementations. Refer to those.
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Re:Problems with CSVs by duskwuff on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:58PM (#13266547)
Good file formats have specifications and reference implementations.

By this standard, CSV is a terrible format.

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Re:Problems with CSVs by webmaven on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @05:03PM (#13266590)
ObNitPick: "Standard" is a bit confusing in this context. I suggest using "measure", "criterion", or something similar.
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