Re: Spaces vs tabs: what is right for SW?

Johannes Wilm wrote on 10/29/17, 10:33 AM :

> Programming artists using spaces earn more money than those using tabs [1].

ah - nice :)

> So I guess by using tabs one proves that one is an idealist not caring so
> much about material things. ;)

... thus making tabs the _natural_ choice for SW ;)

oo

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> [1]
> https://developers.slashdot.org/story/17/06/15/1431253/developers-who-use-spaces-make-more-money-than-those-who-use-tabs
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> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 5:35 AM, Stephen D. Williams <sdw@lig.net> wrote:
> 
>> Tabs are pretty much forbidden in source code of any kind, except
>> Makefiles.  Because Microsoft went a different way than the Unix world, and
>> now we all play together on the same projects, code, etc., tabs aren't
>> allowed in any sane environment anymore.  All or nearly all coding
>> standards dictate spaces only, which programming editors can be configured
>> for.
>>
>> sdw
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>> On 10/28/17 10:33 AM, Nathan Rixham wrote:
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>> I like 2 spaces, but tabs are considerably less bytes down the wire.
>>
>> On 28 Oct 2017 18:23, "Sarven Capadisli" <info@csarven.ca> wrote:
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>>> Discuss.
>>>
>>> -Sarven
>>> http://csarven.ca/#i
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