> also serves as a nice illustration of the fact that if tabs are allowed in source code, people will mix them with spaces This seems disingenuous, I could jus

> also serves as a nice illustration of the fact that if tabs are allowed in source code, people will mix them with spaces This seems disingenuous, I could just as well point to a piece of code and say "if spaces are allowed in source code, people will mix them with tabs". People should get over themselves and accept some people prefer a single character to specify tabbed-space and other people want the exact number of spaces. I find space characters cumbersome to work with, so I use tabs myself.