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Re:Time to retire the CSV? by a1369209993 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:31PM (#28229339)
> but they have never gained widespread adoption.

Yes, because that just kicks the can down the road: how do you represent the one-byte string "\x1E"?

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Re:Time to retire the CSV? by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:12PM (#28229574)
At least very few humans type that into their spreadsheet cell.
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