[Python-Dev] Two spaces or one?
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Jul 27 02:18:59 CEST 2007
Pete Forman wrote:
> Why do programming languages
> continue to assume use of a monospaced font?
Programming *languages* don't -- I know of no
(serious[1]) language that requires a monospaced font
in order to work correctly. Even in Python, as long
as you don't mix tabs and spaces, indentation still
works since it's all at the beginning of a line.
Certain *conventions* sometimes used by programmers
might require it, but that's a different thing.
[1] Brainf**k is an obvious exception.
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