tabs do WHAT?

[Doug Landauer]

In article <86joac$l2s$1 at mach.vub.ac.be>,
Thomas Hamelryck  <thamelry at vub.ac.be> wrote:
>
> But many languages have evolved exactly this way: users criticize,
> complain, praize and whine, thereby influencing the shape of the
> languge in question.

Yes, this works well in many cases, including Python.  Notice that
it is, for the most part, *non*-users of python who complain about
the indentation.  _Users_, for the most part, like it.  Languages
that change by catering to the tastes of non-users tend not to do
so well.
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    Doug Landauer        landauer at apple.com (work)
                         landauer at scruznet.com (not-work)