From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20418 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2021 01:55:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Mar 2021 01:55:36 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 089EF9CA75; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:55:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE0E9CA68; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:55:18 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=alanlee.org header.i=@alanlee.org header.b="a87jtAu7"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CEBF09CA68; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:55:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from taz.retrotronics.org (taz.retrotronics.org [66.228.61.155]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5992D9CA67 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:55:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.retrotronics.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by taz.retrotronics.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05B814D8E0 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 20:55:15 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 taz.retrotronics.org A05B814D8E0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alanlee.org; s=default; t=1614909315; bh=QU7hSdKKNGr2MaCzMAiUCdqA5GNuUxzqJ3amy9ks8hM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=a87jtAu7lviS08vSNfYY1KnYZgfhvvB9QZOOFkEHZ7U76sDASfxJIyDCLRr3tgw+C ukvT/f6J7CCtv/dzFF9URkFXPdxAGNlpAHqiP1grHsC2MCxST3ZTjDw2xstokH/qkP k0WL/o3OV2aTn4sn/5Xx9HcWthLHIq4O5tt59nfo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_bc123140065b662ea961ecd93503c21b" Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:55:15 -0500 From: alan@alanlee.org To: TUHS main list In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: alan@alanlee.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.2 Subject: Re: [TUHS] tabs vs spaces - entab, detab X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --=_bc123140065b662ea961ecd93503c21b Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 --=_bc123140065b662ea961ecd93503c21b Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

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 peopl= e 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 bra= ces 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. S= o, I've been trying to decide (for the last time, I swear) whether to use t= abs or spaces in my code... I did a quick pulse-check on the state of argum= ent 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 talk= ing 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 thi= nking the history of entab and detab are somehow related, but I've been wro= ng on these sorts of thoughts before. What say you?

Will
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