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by PunksATawnyFill 2210 days ago
Yep. I have yet to hear a coherent argument against tabs.

It’s such a tiresome squabble.
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sam_lowry_ 2210 days ago
Douglas Crockford made an interesting argument in favour of spaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8Ubs2k1O8
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ric2b 2210 days ago
Vertical alignment of related lines.
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dkersten 2210 days ago
If you indent with tabs, you can still align with spaces for vertical alignment.
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PunksATawnyFill 2209 days ago
That’s the whole point of tabs. How is this an argument against them?
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ric2b 2207 days ago
Because it doesn't work with tabs, someone else will have a different tab-width.
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