On 01/31/2013 09:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013, Steve Crawford wrote:
Definition of the CSV Format:
While there are various specifications and implementations for the CSV
format...there is no formal specification in existence, which allows
for a
wide variety of interpretations of CSV files.
Steve,
It's been this way since the early 1980s.
I know. I just find it an amusing contrast to the usual liberal
sprinkling of SHALL, MUST, SHOULD, ... that pepper most RFCs. And I've
encountered too many people who believed there actually *was* a solid
definition.
Cheers,
Steve
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