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"understanding ancient texts written by lots of different authors in their original historical contexts, often which has been deeply redacted over time" That's
by asdfman123 7y ago
"understanding ancient texts written by lots of different authors in their original historical contexts, often which has been deeply redacted over time"
That's brilliant and obviously useful for software engineers. Don't forget that you've probably also studied holy wars in considerable depth, too.
- module0000 7y ago> Don't forget that you've probably also studied holy wars in considerable depth, too. This prepared him/her to understand the great conflict of vim and emacs users no doubt.
- lowercased 7y agotabs v spaces may be an even greater conflict.
- sureste 7y agoStill ongoing with no end in sight
- arvinsim 7y agoAnd on a lesser note, The Cult of Vi vs The Church of Emacs
- L_226 7y agoHere is a pretty good explanation of why tabs are superior: https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/c8drjo/nobody_talks_about_the_real_reason_to_use_tabs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/c8drjo/nobody_t...
- ShorsHammer 7y agoI'm a bit worried that both the coworkers, the writer of that comment and everyone else in that thread all somehow don't know to put one line of sed in a githook to fix that problem? Easily the most trivial objection I've ever seen in the never ending spaces/tab debate. Many people I know customise their local environment to suit. https://githooks.com/ https://githooks.com/
- Aeolun 7y agoIt’s not a conflict. A huge portion of the population is just still in denial.
- SEJeff 7y agoI felt a disturbance in the force. It was as though 1000 angry hn users cried out in pain. It is amusing to see how directly those skills taught in a religious context apply towards being a good engineer. Perhaps they're more universal than many realize?