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Tabs vs. Spaces: The War Is Over (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)

submitted 10 months ago by koavf@lemmy.ml to c/typography@lemmy.ml

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It might have ended differently had they fixed tabs

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

there is still a problem if any programmers wish to use modern proportional fonts (because a space is no longer the same width as every other character).

Ewww, who uses non monospaced fonts for programming ?

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Probably the same maniac using 8 spaces for indentation in C.

Yes, my uni professor used that, and he was indeed a maniac, a brilliant one.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I was thinking you meant Torvalds

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmao I also had a brilliantly mad C teacher who used 8 spaces for indentation. Was yours from eastern Europe by any chance ?

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Czech Technical University in Prague.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Heh. Mine was in France but the guy was from eastern Ukraine

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, it is not unusual for uni C professors using 8 spaces be brilliant madmans 🤣