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>but the fact that you can write a valid CSV in a couple of lines of anything, and read in a couple of lines of anything.

I seriously hope you are implying the usage of a library.

Hand rolled CSV implentations are generally wrong and ruin your data.



The beauty of CSV is that you don't -need- a library to access the data.

It's just there, right in front of you.

Hand rolled CSV implentations are generally wrong and ruin your data.

Yeah sure - asymptotically. Once you've gotten a handle on your data, you can take care of all the bulletproofing later.

None of this is meant to be cheeky, BTW. The learning curve and general cognitive overhead of Parquet is very considerable.




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