Python insists on the difference between 2 spaces, 3 spaces, 1 tab, and 2 tabs; which is just wild. How is it that Perl works fine without all that noise, for c

Python insists on the difference between 2 spaces, 3 spaces, 1 tab, and 2 tabs; which is just wild. How is it that Perl works fine without all that noise, for chrissake? Or Javascript?