Dale Miller wrote:

>Some have asserted that tab characters should be removed from source.

Good assertation.

>However, for makefiles, according to the GNU Make Manual (for version 3.80) 
>"You need to put a tab character at the beginning of every command line."

Why? Better regular expression handling? Forced indentation? Start of line 
signals?

>This has always struck me as lunacy,

Indeed, but I think they are just simply lazy or bored. ;-D

> but it's an example of the IT golden rule - " Who writes the software makes 
> the rules."

And the users need to kneel before them when reporting bugs. ;-)

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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