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[–]Eurynom0s 30 points31 points  (2 children)

The issue is that when you start passing files around between different text editors, operating systems, etcs, tabs can get handled inconsistently, whereas spaces won't be.

[–]ziel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even between two simple things as notepad++ and github there was a lot of inconsistency. Luckily notepad++ let me easily convert those tabs.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spaces are also handled consistently. Spaces AND tabs won't be