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Quote: the tab character is too device-dependent; use a '4-spaces' character for program layout

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Topic:
spaces in text
Group:
programming notation
Topic:
indentation

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[TAB] is too device-dependent to be used in … [than controlling a device]. To be forced to use only SPACE would be unacceptable, … we therefore include a device-independent character, 4-SPACES.   Google-1   Google-2

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