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Re:Why CSV is still king by btreecat on Friday August 02, 2024 @12:06AM (#41136028)
In that case, why not use "|" (pipe character)?
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Re:Why CSV is still king by zarzavat on Friday August 02, 2024 @12:12AM (#41136044)
Tabs are rarer than pipes. They are the rarest displayable character for human strings excluding code.

The best would be to use ASCII separator control characters but nobody uses that format so TSV it is.

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Re:Why CSV is still king by btreecat on Thursday August 08, 2024 @11:04PM (#41198477)
Based on what data?
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