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From: bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Standard Indentation etc.
Message-ID: <258@twwells.uucp>
Date: 18 Dec 88 17:32:57 GMT
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Reply-To: bill@twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells)
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In article <879@quintus.UUCP> ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
: 8 columns is _way_ too big for an indentation increment.
: The range recommended by everyone except C let's-torture-test-the-eyes
: hackers is two to five columns for an indentation increment.

This is called "argument from authority". Ok, where's yours?

I routinely use 8 space indentation; I have no problem reading it
that way. On the contrary, though I can read 4 space indentation
without difficulty, anything less causes me severe problems.

I would admit that I might be an exception, being legally blind, but
knowing many programmers who also prefer 8 space indentation, who
possess normal eyesight, and no particular tendency toward rabidity,
I have to doubt that your assertion is anything more than somebody's
opinion.

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Bill
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