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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26374 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2021 16:53:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Mar 2021 16:53:22 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8470B9CA75; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 02:53:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1449CA6C; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 02:52:37 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="jC4xrIBS"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AFDF99CA6C; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 02:52:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f176.google.com (mail-oi1-f176.google.com [209.85.167.176]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FD759CA6A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 02:52:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f176.google.com with SMTP id l133so30797758oib.4 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:52:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-language; bh=c/8B0rrtB/SV+1RUskwjN9Khw5tgfU4Ege7ExAUbxgs=; b=jC4xrIBShoEnD3r8IomBnj6ENaojrm0Cje4wIn78C8d/r7UwPQMQoI6nsGfWLJB216 Y6h/8GFsZFUXHUbppNd89PTunEaNMYpNi6Hxex3OWIIvJ/3AZw9R78PsFdUZotVnx2Sv VeMFNkUI6M81R2nlcqEjThlkGqAN4Ms20ye1hs7CzI2mBOo6MrSWqKEm8ZSLiOsD2ddo M5l8qDbyax66ymyaSNESobMYsoS0r0ZdjWubt36DWg2VAp+VCJI1pLKV4/fgmMxbl95/ v35j/Al3r473sDhX92twKn1gni+m8sJDLloIzwbde+6b68dlUKKTMVlU9fa8Lm2to5nH n2BA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-language; bh=c/8B0rrtB/SV+1RUskwjN9Khw5tgfU4Ege7ExAUbxgs=; b=mmLojQ4caFOCTm7rqoXQv4kxZMP98D5RQUmHjFFP3MwjSv6Wq5X/JW40ammMC5pimX fYmZneBN1IvzJLlGFi862cFliUg9vP8H4VpbGe02tc/s9mk2xriDtyM7xU/hu2DlSVIy 3nwBZZYjHYOhjR6vCeP6gAyNHv0YCsbLUN11ixw6rsJDg72uM6Vi3F10LH77aLnuevO4 XN8RMGaH9NuXX7AkgOhDJGweQjzy5yiSRjObniTg5SOKHfXRwOQ31vCM7DuPxTwBX3Hk RoTX2OadmCzFoMx7OalkfxnuiOqPNYU2VuyLhqsD4GAbwyCjQchaQnW60cIGQIqrYMMO Htzg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533YBDq5WbZOZeaV5J+7rCMCKLLXTWV+WLK1HHw7Vl+AEOhiK7Xj EzdHWQXU/hTgQgpjHN0WN9BI1632e26JdQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwB3zeANFJQ4sDFOirl59S9qgc6ppXUvVaysExnpTRxuOxFq1KjseKgUGy6v/APjQw4XwPbTw== X-Received: by 2002:aca:4e83:: with SMTP id c125mr3577329oib.38.1614876751964; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:52:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.local ([2001:49d0:141:100:185a:11ca:732:e29e]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y7sm5581440oiy.57.2021.03.04.08.52.31 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:52:31 -0800 (PST) To: TUHS main list From: Will Senn Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:52:30 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------721845D18479669E1DBAC8C6" Content-Language: en-US Subject: [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" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------721845D18479669E1DBAC8C6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --------------721845D18479669E1DBAC8C6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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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