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I'm disappointed we didn't use ASCII-separated values. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7474600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7474600
by sidpatil 6y ago
I'm disappointed we didn't use ASCII-separated values.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7474600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7474600
- nmz 6y agoAnd apparently an even better solution is just putting the size in the format itself. No need to parse when you can just seek. https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/fc9203f7c72a4532b1ae51d018fef7b3/trade-offs-in-designing-versatile-log-format.html https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/fc9203f7c72a4532b1ae51d0...
- protomyth 6y agoDid it multiple times and it works great, but companies you send raw data to often get huffy. So, back it goes into CSV or some poorly defined fixed width text file.
- im3w1l 6y agoI don't see what issue they solve. You still need escaping, because eventually you will want to put an ascii-separated value into your spreadsheet.