Character set conversions

[Jonathan M Davis]

On 2011-05-30 13:20, Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 19:57:32 +0200, Jérôme M. Berger <jeberger at free.fr>
> 
> wrote:
> > 	Fun fact about Excel generated CSV files: quite apart from encoding
> > 
> > issues, the separator used between cells depends on the locale: for
> > example, in English locales it uses a coma but in French locales it
> > uses a semicolon...
> > 
> > 	Just thought I'd point it out in case you did not know.
> 
> Fun? Gods, it's the most horrible idea I've witnessed in computing.
> If only they'd call it something other than CSV, at least - Comma Separated
> Values separated by semicolons? WTF?
> And the fantastic joy of opening one of those abominations in some other
> program... *shiver*

Well, then it isn't really CSV anymore. They different screwed the French on 
that one. Oh, you wanted your supposedly universal format to work with other 
programs? Sorry, no can do. But you can keep using Excel! See, no reason to be 
unhappy about it. :P

- Jonathan M Davis