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[ABS] >XML is OK (not perfect, but OK) for documents. But I'd rather have CSV for >inherently tabular data; it's easier to program, you can manipulate it with >AWK, it's compact, the encoders/decoders have small footprints, and there's >lots of software that handles it. And, for various reasons, I do not feel >particularly bound to being defined in terms of text; character encoding >issues make this a nightmare in practice! Interesting, given that CSV *IS* text and only text. Sean http://seanmcgrath.blogspot.com
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