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		keeperofdakeys 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A love letter to the CSV format (2024) Arguably, "comma as a separator" is close enough to comma's usage in (many) written languages that it makes it easier for less technical users to interact with CSV.

wlesieutre 3 months ago [–]

Easier as long as they don't try to put any of those written languages in the CSV

Commas and quotation marks suddenly make it complicated

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