Crimson Crux

The following is a sponsored review.

Some of us might already know what the acronym “CSV” stands for, at least, in the software and programming world. CSV stands for “comma separated values” or “comma separated variables” (and also “comma-separated list”), and CSV files are commonly used to transfer big amounts of tabular data between companies and/or applications that aren’t directly connected.

Back in my college (BS Computer Science) days, we used CSV quite a lot, especially when dealing with database projects. It’s a simple file format that saves a lot in terms of disk space, and it’s supported by a lot of spreadsheets and database systems.

If you’re the type of person who gets acquainted with csv files on a regular basis, you might want to check out CSV Reader:

An extremely fast and stable .Net class for stream based parsing of virtually any commonly found delimited data format, CSV files, tab delimited files, etc. It’s usable from C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, or any other .Net language…Data can be parsed in less than half of the time of any other parser it has been benchmarked against.

They’re currently selling the CSV Reader .Net version at a discounted price; there’s a free .Net demo version, too. On the other hand, you can also download the Java full version for free.