Who are the "spacists"?

[Tobiah]

> I wonder whether the tabs versus spaces divide is closely aligned to the
> Windows versus Unix/Linux divide?
> 
> It seems to me that Unix users are typically going to be using Unix tools
> which often assume spaces are used for indentation, and consequently cope
> badly with tabs. 

I can't think of any classic Unix tool that behaves in a way that would support this
point of view.