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Problems with CSVs (2016)

Much of my professional work for the last 10+ years has revolved around handling, importing and exporting CSV files. CSV files are frustratingly misunderstood, abused, and most of all underspecified. While RFC4180 exists, it is far from definitive and goes largely ignored.
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Apr 11, 2018Problems with CSVs (2016) by charlieirish172188
Dec 27, 2016Problems with CSVs by donatj87108

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