[tr352]

To be fair, these are debates about issues that are rather insignificant from a broader CS perspective. Engineering problems (methodology, network protocols, file systems, kernel implementation details) or debates that are infamous mostly due to their polemic nature (Dijkstra-Backus, or Dijkstra-Anything, for that matter).

I think it's true. In CS there are no deep fundamental or philosophical debate-evoking schisms of the likes you sometimes find in other fields. Consider economics, philosophy, physics (theory of everything) or the soft sciences.

Even the hottest problem in CS (P vs NP, of course) doesn't seem to evoke much debate among computer scientists.

[kctess5]

Let's not forget about tabs v spaces though

[asimuvPR]

I've come to personally settle that one. Spaces for python and tabs for everything else. (Shrugs)