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It's not by accident that tabs vs spaces is one of the stereotypical great debates in programming.
by pdpi 2mo ago
It's not by accident that tabs vs spaces is one of the stereotypical great debates in programming.
- insanitybit 2mo agoI've never seen this debate take place outside of internet forums, almost always as a joke. It's been about 15 years since I even remember it coming up much as a joke, frankly.
- phoghed 2mo agoYes, because the battles have been fought and spaces won
- insanitybit 2mo agoOkay, so if the battles are won why do I have to care? What is the point of having so many strict, enforced style rules if your exemplar has already been long dealt with?
- phoghed 2mo agoOne war was won bro, there are many more. Pretend they don’t exist as much as you’d like, tell everyone their lived experience is wrong, that the tools arose from delusion and not any real world need, and that they benefit no one. I’ll keep using them though, and never suffer from someone writing typescript with 4 spaces, leading commas, and no semicolons again.
- insanitybit 2mo agoI'm not saying that lived experiences are wrong, I'm saying that I don't believe that these problems would exist under the current software engineering culture to the degree that people seem to insist upon.