On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 01:50:01PM +0100, ael wrote:
On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 11:20:30AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:NAK. I wouldn't count a language that uses whitepaces as language constructsanything near 'readable'.FWIW, -1. I have exactly the opposite experience and thus view. I don't see the point of dogmatic statements without the underlying reasoning.
In makefiles, tabs have a special meaning, and it works well. The problem lies in most editors (even vim and emacs) automatically indenting the code. If an editor wasn't created with a specific language in mind, it may destroy important whitespace. I usually use spaces for indentation, and my makefiles would often have their tabs replaced with spaces. This was one of the reasons I switched from Code::Blocks to vim. Also, <http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/tutorial.html>. I'm amazed this magnificent language has not been mentioned yet. ;) -- ___________________________________________________ ( Shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. ) --------------------------------------------------- o ^__^ o (--)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
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