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     Technology/Spaces&Tabs, (sdf.org), 07/30/2018
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User tomasino wrote a good piece on the use of spaces vs. 
tabs[1]. I was just dealing with this question the other 
day, as I re-configured my programming editor after 
reinstall (and tried a few new editors for kicks.) Since I 
don't work much with others on programming projects, this 
has always been purely a personal preference for me, but 
it's been one that I've oscillated on. I guess I never 
thought about it being a subject of debate, but that makes 
sense, as most things are a subject of debate when it comes 
to programming!

My thoughts are in-line with tomasino on this: go with what 
works for the team or project. I currently tend to use tabs. 
The only issue I have is that I need to configure various 
editors to treat them the same way when possible. But I have 
that choice, whereas with spaces I would not, and that is 
nice (as tomasino points out.)

One question I have is: are tabs and spaces equally portable 
when it comes to a text file? If you're talking about retro 
systems, new systems, and localized systems, do both have 
about the same amount of portability?

[1] gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20180729-tabs-vs-spaces