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Comment Re:Nah (Score 1) 763

Problem with that is very few developers use tabs correctly. They insert tabs inside comments, or use them to the right of a set of variable assignments for alignment, or god forbid they use right-aligned block comments with tabs for the right-alignment. At that point the file is screwed. Use any other tabstop and it looks like a horrible mess. I used to be all for tabs. Now that I've seen how most coders work, even those with 30+ years experience, I push 4-space softtabs, no hard tabs. Not everybody is happy, but the file looks correct for everybody.

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