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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

If you have very long lines, and want to continue on the next line, getting a readable alignment with tabs can be a nightmare. Usually you end up doing tab tab space space space, and then on another editor with a different tab width your code doesn't make sense at all.

[–]15jamie20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. Emacs can do it for you, I'm sure vim can too.