Re: Deutschland-Stack

Hans Hagen via ntg-context <[email protected]>
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On 3/23/2026 10:01 AM, Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Am 22.03.26 um 19:11 schrieb luigi scarso:
>>
>> While other "acronyms" seem reasonable, in
>> JSON, XML und CSV als Datenformate,
>> CSV should be deprecated. I understand that many use CSV and that, if 
>> implemented correctly, it doesn't cause problems,
>> but it's precisely the "correct" implementation that has become 
>> difficult to find.
>> I would propose the ucsv format, Unicode Controls Separated Values,
>> where fields are separated by 001F (insteead of ',')  and records by 
>> 001E (instead of newline)
>> or alternatively 241F and 241E. These characters should not appear in 
>> the text, to make the parser very simple.
>>
>> (Even better would be Sqlite As An Application File Format
>> https://www.sqlite.org/appfileformat.html
>> but that's just my opinion.)
> 
> Binary formats are never a solution for simple requirements.

that fluid ... ascii and utf is also binary .. as long as it is clear 
what the bytes mean al is fine

> CSV is simple and doesn’t need special input methods for uncommon 
> characters.
> 
> It’s not about parsability / machine readability, but also about human 
> editability.

and then one lets humans loose on the content and inconsistency spoils 
everything (and applications need to fix things)

Hans

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