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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by pasc1878 on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:09AM (#43492340)
Yes but in practice CSV is defined by what Excel does.

As there is no standard to which Excel conforms as it predates standards and there would be an outcry if Excel started rejecting files that had worked for years.

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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by imtringued on Thursday March 27, 2025 @11:10AM (#43494466)
There is a common misconception here. You can import CSV files into an excel sheet. You cannot open a CSV file with excel. That is a nonsense operation.
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Re:A love letter to the CSV format by melagonster on Friday March 28, 2025 @03:14AM (#43502443)
Excel do not ask the user whether they want to import file, and tell user their file was broken.
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