On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:01:26 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Steve D'Aprano > <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> And yet I'm forever being told by my Linux sys admin work mates "don't use >> tabs, because they break everything". For another example, see JMZ's essay >> (its already been linked to twice in this thread, look it up). >> >> We've had a similar attitude right here from Marko, who insists that >> anything except 8-column tabs is the Devil's Work. (Or something like >> that -- to be perfectly honest, I'm not really sure I understand *what* >> Marko's objection is.) >> >> So okay, if tabs work fine with Unix tools, why do so many Unix people avoid >> tabs as if they were radioactive plague? > > Can you ask your workmates to elaborate? I'd love to hear. > > ChrisA
I would love to hear also. I've been using Linux for about 10 years and I have never had anything "break" because of a tab. Sounds like a case of Chicken Little to me. -- <Wildman> GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
