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Article #87Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder)
From: Hauke Ingmar Schmidt
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:53
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:53
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Moin! Ryan Breidenbach <ryan_breidenbach@hotmail.com> schrieb: >> Spaces are NOT interpretted consistently everywhere, did you not >> just read my last post on this? > > Yes, and I chose not to acknowledge it, as nobody in their write mind > would write code in a proportional width font. If you want to throw > that in the mix - fine. I am assuming you are viewing code in a > fixed-width font. Almost ANY editor I have uses Courier or something > similar. If that is what we are talking about, than spaces are > consistent, tabs are not. I fail to see how you cannot grasp this > concept. If you want to use a propertional-width font, more power to > you. Computer programmers are the most conservative people I ever met. Maybe thats because their practical knowledge is mostly worthless a year later. But to let survive deficiencies like non-proportional fonts (designed for mechanical typewriters, not for any practical reason) for decades is beginning to look absurd. Bye Hauke Ingmar
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