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Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder)

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From: Ryan Breidenbach
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:30

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> 2 spaces is too little for most people. I believe that there are studies
> showing the optimum is liket 3 to 6. I use 4, but unfortunately work on a
> project with people that use 3 and it is not fun when you have to change
> their code.

I agree. For non-work stuff, I use for. It was decided at work to use
2, and I have just stuck with. What can you do.

> Actually, if Sun only used tabs or only used spaces then the code would at
> least be indented logically for any tab setting. Their mixture of tabs and
> spaces is much worse. Then it only indents correctly at 8 character tabs and
> a non-proportional font. The indenting is much worse with 4 character tabs.

Agree completely!

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