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Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by andylynch on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:28AM (#31353019)
Closely related- I remain mystified as to why FIX Protocol chose to use control characters to separate fields, but used SOH rather than RS/US or the like.
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Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:46PM (#31356591)
Because of EBCDIC.
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