I hate you all

[Nobody]

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:30:45 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Am I the only one here who has used a typewriter?
> 
> Tab stops were set manually, to a physical distance into the page, using 
> a mechanical stop. This long predates the "rule" that tab stops are every 
> 8 characters.

And your point is?

Typewriters don't have a tab "character". The information regarding tab
stops is conveyed out-of-band from the typist to the typewriter, and
doesn't need to persist beyond the time taken to type the document.