Tabs are *MISUNDERSTOOD*, *EVIL* AND *STUPID*, end of discussion. (Re: Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code)

[Christophe Cavalaria]

Christopher Weimann wrote:

> On 05/19/2006-07:18AM, Duncan Booth wrote:
>> 
>> My experience of programming with either spaces or tabs has taught me
>> that tabs are evil not for themselves, but simply because no matter how
>> hard you try they always end up being mixed with spaces.
>> 
> 
> Swap the word 'tabs' for the word 'spaces' and you get...
> 
>   My experience of programming with either tabs or spaces has taught me
>   that spaces are evil not for themselves, but simply because no matter
>   how hard you try they always end up being mixed with tabs.
> 
> Which is just as vaild as the un-swapped paragraph. Both versions
> express a bias. The first is biased in favor of spaces. The second is
> biased in favor of tabs. Neither have any useful content. Mixing is bad
> but that fact doesn't favor spaces OR tabs.

The difference is that you cannot code without spaces but you can do it
without tabs.