Dan Simmons to Linux and Tech [email protected]English • 10 months agoLinus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel traparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel traparstechnica.comDan Simmons to Linux and Tech [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@mipadaitulinkEnglish-14•10 months agoTabs suck, because you can’t rely on them for consistent spacing and formatting. Spaces always win out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•10 months agoClassic “you’re using it wrong”. The tab people still use spaces for formatting if they want to format something. Tabs are only used for indentation.
minus-square@trashgirlfriendlinkEnglish1•10 months agoNow I’m imagining how code where someone only uses tabs for everything would look.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoI don’t think you know what a tab means.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoHow can you not rely on them for consistent spacing? It’s a tab.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoWell since we ditched the old 80 column terminals I’ve always thought a laid back 7 spacer tab would be sublime. Chilled indentation and a big prime number of spaces. Very profound, what’s not to like?
Tabs suck, because you can’t rely on them for consistent spacing and formatting. Spaces always win out.
Classic “you’re using it wrong”.
The tab people still use spaces for formatting if they want to format something. Tabs are only used for indentation.
Now I’m imagining how code where someone only uses tabs for everything would look.
I don’t think you know what a tab means.
How can you not rely on them for consistent spacing? It’s a tab.
But 2 or 4 spaces?
Maybe we can compromise with 3?
Heretic!
Well since we ditched the old 80 column terminals I’ve always thought a laid back 7 spacer tab would be sublime. Chilled indentation and a big prime number of spaces. Very profound, what’s not to like?