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		DataWorker on Aug 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brief thoughts on the “Google memo” What happened to the good old days of vim vs emacs? The real basilisk is believing basilisks exist. Heterodoxy strengthens us all and if you chose to exclude the smart people because their thoughts are unhelpful, or patently offensive, you might find yourself without any allies when you need them most.

nippples on Aug 11, 2017 [–]

> What happened to the good old days of vim vs emacs?

Whoa, whoa. Are you trying to start WW3?

kobeya on Aug 11, 2017 | [–]

Nah, it's just a precursor skirmish for spaces-vs-tabs.

niuzeta on Aug 11, 2017 | | [–]

Okay, now we're talking about Armageddon. Why bring it up when one option is clearly better than the other?

teddyh on Aug 11, 2017 | | [–]

Neither! http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

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