On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:19:44 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > On Saturday, October 29, 2011 22:33:30 Jesse Phillips wrote: >> > On 10/28/2011 6:18 AM, dsimcha wrote: >> > First off, mucho thanks to Jesse for writing this. It's an important >> > module for Phobos. >> >> Thank you. Fun fact, many popular languages don't include a CSV parser, >> C# and Java being notable ones (or at least I haven't found it). > > CSV parser libraries exist for Java (IIRC Apache has one), but there > definitely isn't one in Java's standard library. CSV parsers are not the > sort of thing that's generally found in a standard library from what > I've seen. So, having one will make us abnormal (albeit in a good way). > > - Jonathan M Davis
That is all I meant by it. A CSV parser does exist for every language, but none come packaged with the language. C# even chose not to include an ini so people would use XML. It really is sad that instead of something solid they go the way of "discouraging."
