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Agree that the commma delimiter is a pain, as it is a frequently used character in the content. Then adding escape-type chars or quotes around fields just makes
by rutthenut 5y ago
Agree that the commma delimiter is a pain, as it is a frequently used character in the content. Then adding escape-type chars or quotes around fields just makes things more and more messy.
Consider also that IBM EBDCIC and other non-ASCII character sets were (and are) in common use, so C0/C1 may not have made sense 'back in the day'