On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Tom Dawson <tdaw...@flexipol.co.uk> wrote:
> Just thought I'd do a formal introduction myself! > > On a side note, I'd have always gone with tabs myself, but what do I know! > YOU know how to make a splash. Welcome! Tabstops were "macros" for manual and electric typewriters to put the correct number of SPACES on the page for columnar output. When the tab key was pressed, only spaces remained in its wake. Whitespace is added to code to make it easier for the next coder to read the code. She shouldn't need to have external knowledge of how many spaces you think a tab translates into. Why would you have two characters, TAB and SPACE, to serve the same purpose? CHR(09), ASCII Horizontal Tabs have no more place in code that Vertical Tabs or ShiftIn-ShiftOut characters. In my humble opinion, of course ;) You'll fit right in here. Don't forget the fireproof suit. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tZA_NY4abHQiuPY9ec-g__OKvaYFCY-p5Dtbz=msq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
