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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
