Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code

Oliver Bandel oliver at first.in-berlin.de
Tue May 16 11:23:13 EDT 2006


Xah Lee wrote:
> Tabs versus Spaces in Source Code
> 
> Xah Lee, 2006-05-13
> 
> In coding a computer program, there's often the choices of tabs or
> spaces for code indentation. There is a large amount of confusion about
> which is better. It has become what's known as “religious war” —
> a heated fight over trivia. In this essay, i like to explain what is
> the situation behind it, and which is proper.
> 
> Simply put, tabs is proper, and spaces are improper.
[...]

I fullheartedly disagree :)

So, no "essay" on this is necessary to read :->


Ciao,
    Oliver



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