The seemingly simple fact was found in the raw data from Stack Overflow’s 2017 Developer Survey. 28,657 programmers responded to the question asking whether they use spaces or tabs. Spaces were ...

It’s one of the greatest battles ever fought among coders: Should you use the tab button or five spaces when you’re indenting in source-code? The debate ultimately boils down to how source-code is ...

There's a raging controversy in the world of programming: Some programmers use spaces to indent their lines of code, others use tabs. No joke. Spaces vs. tabs has literally been dubbed the "eternal ...

Analysis of the data from the Stack Overflow 2017 Developer Survey indicates that, ‘using spaces instead of tabs is associated with an 8.6% higher salary.’ Analysis of the data from the Stack Overflow ...

Bill Gates prefers using tabs to spaces when he programs. Tabs vs. spaces is one of the most popular and enduring debates among programmers. Recent research indicates spaces might actually be more ...

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