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(ND)JSON is simpler because people actually follow the spec, unlike with CSV.
by easrng 4y ago
(ND)JSON is simpler because people actually follow the spec, unlike with CSV.
- Dylan16807 4y agoPeople violate the JSON spec all the time. And following the CSV spec is much easier than following the JSON spec. And there's only like three edge cases.
- mschuster91 4y ago> And there's only like three edge cases. Unless you involve MS Excel or, worse, MS Excel on macOS. OTOH, pitfalls are: UTF-8 BOM, comma vs semicolon, single vs double quote, multiline cell content and escaping, escaping in general...