On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 08:24:06AM +0200, Janusz S. Bień via Unicode wrote: > For a non-programmer like me CVS is much more convenient form than XML - > I can use it not only with a spreadsheet, but also import directly into > a database and analyse with various queries. XML is politically correct, > but practically almost unusable without a specialised parser.
And for a programmer, XML is outright insane. You need a complex library to do so, and those fail KISS so badly that you have a CVE roughly yearly. On the other hand, writing a parser for current headerless ;-separated data completely from scratch is just: cut -d';' -f 1,6 </usr/share/unicode/UnicodeData.txt or: (split/;/)[0,5] JSON is somewhat better, but still needs drastically more effort. CSV (especially with no escapes) is trivial to handle. ᛗᛖᛟᚹ! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ What Would Jesus Do, MUD/MMORPG edition: ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ • multiplay with an admin char to benefit your mortal [Mt3:16-17] ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ • abuse item cloning bugs [Mt14:17-20, Mt15:34-37] ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ • use glitches to walk on water [Mt14:25-26]
