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Re: OT - trivial programming language



On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 01:32:24PM -0600, s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from Monique Y. Mudama:
> > On 2004-05-28, Einstein9112@yahoo.com penned:
> > >
> > > s. keeling wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> However, this is likely only a problem for those of us who hate tabs.
> > >> Those who like tabs are blissfully ignorant of the problems they
> > >> cause.  Thankfully, we've found ways to deal with this ridiculous
> > >
> > > What kind of problems do using tabs cause?
> > 
> > I may or may not feel like changing my tabwidth settings just to read
> > your g*dd*mn code!
> 
> And if it's python, we're hosed.
> 

Since I am not a python user, why so?

> Here's another: displaying a file in less/more/pg/most may or may not
> show the same thing we see in our choice of text editor.
> 

That can be setup properly, and it won't be that unreadable and
considering less/more/etc. weren't meant for reading more the a couple
lines of code.

> Tabs are *evil*.
> 

Don't agree here.

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