Interesting language comparison article [OT]

[Don Clugston]

Unknown W. Brackets wrote:
> That's only because they are used inconsistently.  The general rule is 
> that tabs should never be used after a non-tab character on a line. Bam, 
> instant portability and everyone gets their own tab size.

That's a good rule, but you also need to make sure that lines with tab 
indentation aren't being mixed with lines with space indentation. Most 
editors don't enforce this, but it ought to be solvable. The problem 
with tabs might simply be that so many text editors don't handle them 
correctly.