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by dotancohen 1327 days ago

  > Thing is that with spaces you can also predict consistently the line length and not
  > have code being clipped on someone's screen that set tabs for 8 spaces for some reason.
Spaces force you to worry how that other dev will see the code. Tabs are semantic - you set the editor to display how _you_ like to see it and that other dev sets the editor to display how he likes to see it.