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>>> 4) Tabs remove the need for complicated
>>> indention/detention tools.

On 07/17/2011 10:15 AM, rantingrick wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2:32 am, Ian Kelly<ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> This.  I used to think that tabs were better, for pretty
>> much the reasons Rick outlined, but I've had enough
>> problems with editors munging my tabs that I eventually
>> found it simpler in practice to just go with the flow and
>> use spaces.
>
> Solution: STOP USING BROKEN TOOLS!!!

Unbroken tools that do anything worthwhile are usually 
complicated tools.

Just pointing that out in case you missed the irony...

-tkc