Why indentation is use to denote block of code?

[Ben Finney]

TerryP <bigboss1964 at gmail.com> writes:

> Not to be omega-rude and disrespectful, but if you have to ask such a
> question -- you are either to stupid a programmer to warrant any
> intellectual response, or are just interested in wasting peoples
> bandwidth.

If you think this is “not to be rude and disrespectful”, you're not
reading what you write. Please refrain from personal insults like this.

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Ben Finney