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Ah yes good old CSV. It's perfectly fine to use for data transfer and there are libraries for (probably) every language that handle it perfectly to spec.

The problem isn't "CSV". The problems come from: - "excel doesn't like this CSV therefore it's not valid" - "what do you mean the CSV I sent you is wrong? I used excel" - "standard? What's a standard? I put info then a comma. That should be good enough for anyone"

CSV, when done right (i.e. following a standard) is a great format. It's human readable, less verbose than, say, JSON, and everybody understands it.

Just have to make sure business people (and less technical technical people) understand that CSV != Excel and vice-versa.