On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Viktor Klang <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Mark Volkmann 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised that all the replies to this thread are in favor of tabs
>> over spaces. In my experience, the vast majority of developers favor
>> spaces. For me there is one main reason I prefer spaces ... printers.
>> Sometimes I print code. Printers seem to always use eight spaces for
>> tabs which causes many lines to wrap and makes it harder to read the
>> code. If there were a universal way to adjust that then I'd be okay
>> with using tabs for indentation.
>>
>
> Print code?
> Isn't that the modern equivalent to chisel code onto stone tablets?
>

It's quite handy for code reviews with lotsa red pen.  Though maybe I have a
“teacher” hangup. :)

-Dom

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