Anyone have suggestions for a good CSV parser?

> I need to parse a CSV file that may appears to have string fields
> encoded in either UTF-8 or perhaps Unicode (each character has two bytes
> associated with it such as "@E^@a^@g^@l^@e^@" = "Eagle".  Anyway, I need
> a way to parse this file not only to hopefully build a collection of
> rows, but perhaps be able to convert these strings into something useful
> to VW (and for use w/ Seaside).  I found (on Google) a link to Thomas
> Gagne's eFinNet-DataFile, but when I tried using it I got a DNU for a
> tuple issue on my dataclass.. Anyway, before I start tracking down that
> issue I thought I'd get the collective wisdom on CSV parsing (and
> UTF-8/Unicode handling as well) from you all..  As a side note, I'll
> pester Thomas about his package as well since I'm not sure how old it is
> or anything.

> I need to parse a CSV file that may appears to have string fields
> encoded in either UTF-8 or perhaps Unicode (each character has two bytes
> associated with it such as "@E^@a^@g^@l^@e^@" = "Eagle".  Anyway, I need
> a way to parse this file not only to hopefully build a collection of
> rows, but perhaps be able to convert these strings into something useful
> to VW (and for use w/ Seaside).  I found (on Google) a link to Thomas
> Gagne's eFinNet-DataFile, but when I tried using it I got a DNU for a
> tuple issue on my dataclass.. Anyway, before I start tracking down that
> issue I thought I'd get the collective wisdom on CSV parsing (and
> UTF-8/Unicode handling as well) from you all..  As a side note, I'll
> pester Thomas about his package as well since I'm not sure how old it is
> or anything.
>
> Thanks again!
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