Re: Spaces vs Tabs

get paid more for spaces than tabs

It makes sense, since the technocrats probably analyze code by how much actual text-code there is. Since a space is actually holds a character space, your code's character count is higher with spaces.

What peeves me is the little useless dots many editors insert into spaces to show they are not used.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. ..... an animated JAPH

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Re^2: Spaces vs Tabs by Discipulus (Canon) on Jun 16, 2017 at 16:24 UTC
I think I always used tabs, but seems that my primitive editor of choice convert them into 2 (?!) spaces. Anyway I'll pass all my codebase through perl -i.bak -e "s/\t+/' ' x (length($&) * 8 - length($`) % 8)/e" and monday I'll ask my boss for more money.. ;=) L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Spaces vs Tabs by hippo (Archbishop) on Jun 16, 2017 at 16:33 UTC
Don't sell yourself short - go for 32 instead of 8. Have to justify that widescreen monitor somehow.	[reply]
Re^4: Spaces vs Tabs by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 16, 2017 at 19:24 UTC
You call that a widescreen? This is a widescreen! (With apologies to Croc Dundee.)	[reply]
Re^4: Spaces vs Tabs by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 16, 2017 at 18:34 UTC
LOL! Water came out of my nose :D	[reply]
Re^5: Spaces vs Tabs by tobyink (Canon) on Jun 19, 2017 at 15:44 UTC