Microsoft Veteran Ditches Team Tabs, Blaming Storage Trauma of Yesteryear

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By msmashOct 8, 2024, 3:22 pm276 pts
Veteran Microsoft engineer Larry Osterman is the latest to throw his hat into the "tabs versus spaces" ring. From a report: The debate has vexed engineers for decades -- is it best to indent code with tabs or spaces? Osterman, a four-decade veteran of Microsoft, was Team Tabs when storage was tight, but has…

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