The right side was made for spaces, but using spaces on the left side is just too much typing for me. "Let's see, do i hit the tab 3 times or the space bar 12 times?" I am sorry, but using spaces on the left side is simply having to do more work than i really need to do.

I've found that that's the normal argument for tab-using heathens¹ such as yourself. Really, it probably means you just haven't fully learned the capabilities of your editor. Even with the (admittedly broken) stock vi on Solaris, you can set ai, set ts=80, set sw=4 (or whatever) and get by just fine without wearing out your spacebar. Vim and other vi clones have added the softtabstop and expandtab options. It's easy with emacs, of course. It's doable with almost every half-featured programmer's editor available for any platform...

1. I know this is a holy war here. The "heathen" comment is meant in good humor, of course.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";