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		bee_rider on March 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A love letter to the CSV format CSV is a pseudo-standard anyway, IMO the delimiter should be a configurable option (like it is in Unix cut and those kinds of tools).

Suppafly on March 26, 2025 [–]

> IMO the delimiter should be a configurable option

It is. CSV has been character separated vs comma separated for probably decades now. Most tools you'd use to mess with them allow you to specify which separator character is being used.

bee_rider on March 26, 2025 | [–]

I agree although it seems to render the distinction made by GP moot, right?

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