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Article #28Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder)
From: Marshall Spight
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 03:05
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 03:05
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"Ryan Breidenbach" <ryan_breidenbach@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:55e900c9.0207290512.7501e84a@posting.google.com... > Can you name every single tool that will be used to view your code > when you write it? Not just by you, but by everybody else that may > need to look at your code? Can you guaruntee me that every single tool > that will be used to view the code you write will handle tabs > perfectly? > > Also, have you read the rest of this post. There have been several > examples where tabs fail to indent consistently, where spaces do. I > have provided several examples myself, and the only response I ever > hear is, "Yeah, tabs may not work in THAT situation, but they are > still better than spaces..." And you still have not answered the > question - what advantages do tabs have over spaces? > Until you convince me otherwise, I still can't see how you can justify > tabs. Dude, it's just some ascii files; we're not talking World Hunger here. If you prefer spaces, go ahead and use them. I prefer tabs. Marshall
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