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Tabs are objectively better than spaces - gomakethings.com (gomakethings.com)
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[–] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

My point was that it's pretty much impossible to indent with tabs in lisp. It'll be harder to read and scan for everyone else who has a different tab with. How you indent and what you want to indent to is very different compared to a c-style language.