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   Hans Bezemer to Paul Rubin   
   Re: Back & Forth - CSV is dead, long liv   
   18 Nov 25 14:19:11   
   
   From: the.beez.speaks@gmail.com   
      
   On 15-11-2025 23:28, Paul Rubin wrote:   
    > TSV has the same problem I'd expect.   
      
   Not really. Watch the video.   
      
    > Maybe you want NSV, netstring values.   
      
   Well, that isn't exactly a data format (like SYLK, DIF, XLS, JSON, XML,   
   etc.) - rather a string format IMHO.   
      
   Hans Bezemer   
      
   > Hans Bezemer  writes:   
   >> A well behaved CSV is easy to parse. However, if there are quotes,   
   >> delimiters or line terminators involved, it gets complicated quickly.   
   >> TSV solves that problem. Now, what does it require to get supported in 4tH?   
   >   
      
   >   
   > http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstring   
      
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