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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by ericbarrett on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:15AM (#31260752)
You forgot quotes. Unfortunately we're moving forward with other candidates at this time. Good luck in your job search!
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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by the_only_law on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @02:39PM (#31264218)
It gets very nasty at this point especially because I’ve used popular languages who’s CSV parsing libraries were unable to handle some weird quotes properly.
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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by mandelbrotwurst on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:15PM (#31267108)
What languages? No option to configure any character as quote character or delimiter?
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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by d4mi3n on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:19PM (#31267714)
Ruby. Python. Several JavaScript NPM packages. Part of the problem here is the standards around CSVs aren’t consistent, nor are they well respected.

Things get even weirder when you throw non-Latin characters in the mix. May such parsers predate widespread use of UTF-8.

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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by the_only_law on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:43PM (#31268746)
Python I believe was the issue in my case.
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Re:Where are the low level system engineers? by hedora on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:19PM (#31268200)
RFC 4180!
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