Comment on ASCII Delimited Text – Not CSV or Tab Delimited TextComments−bradley131yNice idea, but as others have pointed out, non-printable characters pose their own problems. People expect to be able to edit CSV files.Someone mentioned XML, but for most use cases XML is stupidly over-engineered. JSON is simpler - the entire specification is just a dozen or so pages.−accrual1yI still see a lot of XML in SOAP/WSDL APIs, typically in Microsoft shops, but thankfully JSON feels like the norm when IIS isn't involved.
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Nice idea, but as others have pointed out, non-printable characters pose their own problems. People expect to be able to edit CSV files.
Someone mentioned XML, but for most use cases XML is stupidly over-engineered. JSON is simpler - the entire specification is just a dozen or so pages.
I still see a lot of XML in SOAP/WSDL APIs, typically in Microsoft shops, but thankfully JSON feels like the norm when IIS isn't involved.