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    Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 25 Oct 2017

    Why did tabs fail in programming languages (for the most part)? Maybe display on the web? Any other good explanations?

    9:00 AM - 25 Oct 2017
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      2. Jordi Bunster ☭‏ @notlaforge 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        Because people like to line things up + fixed tabstops (wtf?) is my theory.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @notlaforge

        "people like to line things up" is a good theory

        3 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
      4. Lea Verou‏Verified account @LeaVerou 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats @notlaforge

        Smart tabs ftw!

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Andri  🤖  🇮🇸 🇩🇰‏ @andrioid 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        Never give up, never adjust your linters. Tabs forever!

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @andrioid

        There is nothing wrong with your editor. Do not attempt to adjust your settings. We are controlling your indents. 🎵🎶

        1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes
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      2. Skerri Movie‏ @kerrizor 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        like.. for indentation? Inconsistent rendering and definition of what a "tab stop" was?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @kerrizor

        But people can adjust their editors.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Skerri Movie‏ @kerrizor 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        I also dimly recall something about Windows having their own version of tab (a la /r vs /n?) that complicated cross-platform file sharing?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Stefan Fochler En‏ @iStefo_en 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @kerrizor @wycats

        Differences in \r \n are regarding line endings, not tabs 🖖🏻

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Skerri Movie‏ @kerrizor 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @iStefo_en @wycats

        “A la” is often used by American English speakers to indicate something is akin to or “similar to” something

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Stefan Fochler En‏ @iStefo_en 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @kerrizor @wycats

        Oh, now I see, thanks!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Skerri Movie‏ @kerrizor 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @iStefo_en @wycats

        💙

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      2. BrendanEich‏Verified account @BrendanEich 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        pic.twitter.com/YZNTuKQZ4Z

        2 replies 5 retweets 18 likes
      3. BrendanEich‏Verified account @BrendanEich 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BrendanEich @wycats

        Code sharing across Unix and non-Unix systems was a thing, even in early 90s.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. BrendanEich‏Verified account @BrendanEich 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BrendanEich @wycats

        8-space stops goes back to TTYs and typewriters before them (I'm not expert on history). 4-space dissed this trad. & sowed style war seeds.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. BrendanEich‏Verified account @BrendanEich 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BrendanEich @wycats

        K&R was beautifully typeset using 5-space stops, which I imitated at first in my own code, but kernel & most userland Unix used 8-sp stops.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Aboobacker MK‏ @_tachyons 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @wycats

        I stopped using tabs just because @github render it as 8 spaces by default

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Aboobacker MK‏ @_tachyons 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @_tachyons @wycats @github

        I suspect it is a conspiracy by @GitHub and space guys to defeat tab users ;-)

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Xavier Noria‏ @fxn 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @_tachyons @wycats @github

        for the record, “ts” in the query string allows config, eg ?ts=4

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      5. Aboobacker MK‏ @_tachyons 25 Oct 2017
        Replying to @fxn @wycats @github

        Thanks for the tip 👍

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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