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>This is so simple you might even invent it yourself without knowing it already exists while learning how to program. This is a double-edged sword. The "you m
by slg 2y ago
>This is so simple you might even invent it yourself without knowing it already exists while learning how to program.
This is a double-edged sword. The "you might even event it yourself" simplicity means that in practice lots of different people do end up just inventing their own version rather than standardizing to RFC-4180 or whatever when it comes to "quote values containing commas", values containing quotes, values containing newlines, etc. And the simplicity means these type of non-standard implementations can go completely undetectable until a problematic value happens to be used. Sometimes added complexity that forces paying more attention to standards and quickly surfaces a diversion from those standards is helpful.