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by jshprentz
2493 days ago
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Back when communications and printing devices were much slower, we often chose tab stops to reduce the number of characters sent. I have used this algorithm, but I doubt it impacted my career earnings. James L. Peterson, James R. Bitner, and John H. Howard, ``On the Selection of Optimal Tab Settings'', Communications of the ACM, Volume 21, Number 12, (December 1978), pages 1004-1007. http://jklp.org/profession/papers/tab/paper.html |
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