Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Tabs vs. Spaces Message-ID: <2584@ficc.uu.net> Date: 30 Dec 88 03:50:21 GMT References: <570@tifsie.UUCP> Organization: Xenix Support Lines: 28 In article <570@tifsie.UUCP>, dennis@tifsie.UUCP (Dennis Draheim) writes: > in article , wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) says: > > In-reply-to: eric@snark.UUCP's message of 22 Dec 88 02:40:53 GMT > > > > In article eric@snark.UUCP (Eric S. Raymond) writes: > > Given the chance, I always object to indents termed in numbers of > > spaces. ... > Why? Because an indent is a single logical unit. Now I'm going to proceed to either blow your mind or get myself locked away. I prefer to edit code at ts=4, but I hate reading printed code like that. I much prefer printing my code at ts=8. It makes it mor readable on the more extensive printed page. > Wrong. Tabs are inherently evil. Nonesense. Tabs are just a convention. Indenting one tabstop is just a convention and a sop to the fact that nobody has ever produced a popular language-directed editor for 'C'. If your equipment can't deal with them, just say 'stty tabs'. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Work: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. `-_-' Home: bigtex!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.uu.net. 'U` Opinions may not represent the policies of FICC or the Xenix Support group.