Without reading further posts, I am going to say backwards compatibility. Comma delimiting is older than tab delimiting, which if my vague memory serves me came along with the Mac OS at some point. I think the reasoning was that it was much more likely that raw text would contain commas and not tabs, so a new way was invented that allowed for commas in raw text. Of course, now we know we have only one offed the problem.
Bob On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> >> That said, tab-delimited is a better choice. CSV must die: >> <http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/csv-must-die.html> >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World >> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > And this brings to mind a question. Why is LiveCode's default delimiter a > comma, such as in the dateItems? Is it simply because it is visible, > whereas a TAB is not? > > ˜Roger > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
