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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by BatFastard on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:15AM (#15533773)
Wow, shall we argue over whether tabs or spaces are better too? And after we solve that we can figure out how many angels can dance on the head of a pin!
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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by metaobject on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:15PM (#15536090)
Btw, the answer is "spaces" because tabs can be interpreted differently from editor to editor.

To take it a step further, its 4-space indents. I've seen code where people pull off 2-spaces, but it gets crowded failrly quickly.

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Re:Seven habits of effective text editing (2000) by albedoa on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:19PM (#15536606)
> tabs can be interpreted differently from editor to editor.

You should ask a tabs advocate what they think the primary feature of tabs is :)

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