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by Bill de hÓra.
Original Post: Tabs versus Spaces in a nutshell
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Tabs versus Spaces: the tab is a presentation macro, not a character - the fact that some bearded idiot made it an ascii character is an unfortunate decision we're stuck with. If you're too young to know what ascii is, tab is a bit like the bold or font tag in HTML - also unfortunate decisions. Tab characters don't belong it source code, ever - only idiots put tabs in source code. Map the tab key to multiple whitespaces instead - I don't care how you do it, just get it done. No, I don't care what you do with bold tags in HTML. No. No. No. ;)...