do people really complain about significant whitespace?

[infidel]

> One of the most stupid language-definition decisions that most people
> have come across is the Makefile format.

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> Hope that goes some way to explaining one possible reason why rational
> people can consistently react in horror to the issue.

Ah, thanks for that.  This peek into history makes the irrational fear
of significant whitespace seem a little less irrational.