Reply to post: Re: tabs take fewer keystrokes

Software dev bombshell: Programmers who use spaces earn MORE than those who use tabs

h4rm0ny

Re: tabs take fewer keystrokes

>>true. and then ANY text-based program or editor (say 'less' or 'nano') will show what you did exactly as you did it, always lining up, always consistent, etc..

Consistent with itself, yes - just as it would be if you used tabs. But not consistent with files from other authors such who used a different number of spaces. Whereas tabs would be.

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