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From: Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com>
To: alan@alanlee.org
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] tabs vs spaces - entab, detab
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 20:06:40 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57A1A023-7E73-4233-8FF2-CED5EB1CDB7C@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b32b4b8f0f93600a38d0b2a60accd835@alanlee.org>

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Ha. I didn’t intend to reignite a flamewar. I was asking about the history. I got that and more :). But, i’m still curious about entab/detab abd expand, etc. Were they oor some of them created to help with this or what?

Will

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> On Mar 4, 2021, at 7:55 PM, alan@alanlee.org wrote:
> 
> Of course the sequel to this thread will be to camelCase or not to camel_case.  Or maybe whether to prefix functions and variable with a type abbreviation like siCounter for a signed integer counter as if 99% of people in 2021 are not using an editor that allows quick inspection of variables and functions.  Maybe we can get to the third act of how to align braces and parens!
> 
> brb, getting some peanuts, popcorn, and a comfortable seat!
> 
> -A
> 
> P.S. In all seriousness, keep it civil! :)
> 
>> On 2021-03-04 11:52, Will Senn wrote:
>> 
>> OK. So, I've been trying to decide (for the last time, I swear) whether to use tabs or spaces in my code... I did a quick pulse-check on the state of argument and it appears to be alive and well in 2021. My question for y'all is, was there a preference in the very early days or not? I saw an article talking about the 20 year feud, but that's not my recollection. In 1994, nobody agreed on this, but I'm sure it predates my entree into the field. I'm thinking the history of entab and detab are somehow related, but I've been wrong on these sorts of thoughts before. What say you?
>> 
>> Will
> 

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-05  2:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-04 16:52 Will Senn
2021-03-04 16:59 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-04 18:31   ` arnold
2021-03-04 19:23     ` Nemo Nusquam
2021-03-04 19:37       ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-04 19:50         ` Rob Pike
2021-03-04 21:20           ` Robert Clausecker
2021-03-04 21:25           ` Will Senn
2021-03-05  9:58             ` John Gilmore
2021-03-06 21:31               ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-06 21:38                 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-06 22:05                   ` Clem Cole
2021-03-15  3:02                     ` John Cowan
2021-03-15 18:15                       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-15 21:19                         ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-15 23:47                           ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-16  3:10                             ` Earl Baugh
2021-03-15 21:08                       ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-15 21:12                         ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-15 21:24                           ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-15 22:06                             ` Adam Thornton
2021-03-16 13:25                             ` arnold
2021-03-17  5:10                       ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-06 21:40                 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-04 18:48   ` emanuel stiebler
2021-03-05  0:44     ` John Cowan
2021-03-05  0:55       ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-05  1:09         ` George Michaelson
2021-03-05  1:21           ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-05  1:29             ` Richard Salz
2021-03-04 18:33 ` John P. Linderman
2021-03-04 21:24 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-04 21:27   ` Will Senn
2021-03-04 21:29     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-04 21:42       ` Will Senn
2021-03-04 21:48       ` John P. Linderman
2021-03-04 22:08         ` Andy Kosela
2021-03-04 22:12           ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-05 14:13             ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-05 20:24               ` John Cowan
2021-03-05 21:51                 ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-06 23:43                 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-05  0:15           ` Jon Steinhart
2021-03-06 21:22           ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-06 23:58             ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-07  0:03               ` Jon Steinhart
2021-03-07  0:25               ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-07  9:16               ` Brantley Coile
2021-03-05  9:50         ` [TUHS] tunefs -m 5% John Gilmore
2021-03-05 15:01           ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-03-05 15:32           ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-03-06  1:18             ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-06  1:52               ` Warner Losh
2021-03-06 21:45                 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-06 22:03                   ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-09  4:59                     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-06 23:52                   ` David Barto
2021-03-06  1:16           ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-04 22:10     ` [TUHS] tabs vs spaces - entab, detab Greg A. Woods
2021-03-05  1:41 ` alan
2021-03-05  1:55 ` alan
2021-03-05  2:06   ` Will Senn [this message]
2021-03-05 17:08     ` Clem Cole
2021-03-05 17:19       ` Richard Salz
2021-03-05 19:39         ` Lawrence Stewart
2021-03-05 19:51           ` Dan Halbert
2021-03-08  1:52       ` Will Senn
2021-03-05 16:43 ` Scot Jenkins via TUHS
2021-03-05 22:23   ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-06 20:51 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-03-06 21:01   ` Jon Steinhart
2021-03-06 21:19     ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-06 22:01       ` Clem Cole
2021-03-05 16:44 M Douglas McIlroy
2021-03-05 19:29 ` Greg A. Woods
2021-03-06 23:21   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-03-05 22:50 Norman Wilson
2021-03-07  2:53 Nelson H. F. Beebe

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