Suggestions for a package to read tabular data

[ChrisRackauckas]

Okay, you’re not using master. You may want to read this:

Announcement: DataFrames Future Plans

UPDATE: the plan described below is going to be implemented in a different way from what was initially announced. The DataFrames package will remain the same as it is now: instead, the new framework will be provided by the new DataTables package. This will allow for a less disruptive migration of existing code relying on DataFrames. UPDATE 2: an updated summary is available in this post. Towards DataFrames 0.9.0 The DataFrames package and the surrounding ecosystem are currently undergoing a d…

This should be an update very soon which has a lot of changes, and one big change is increased performance. This may be worth holding out for.