From: Nuxxie <nuxxie@linux.rocks>
Subject: Tabs As Syntax
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I took at the look at the Wikipedia page for GNU Make, the wonderful build
automation tool, and I found an interesting comment.

Make uses a tab character as part of its syntax.  Any competent text editor
(except on Microslop) will clearly distinguish between tabs and spaces, but
some still find the practice abhorrent:

'This aspect of the syntax of makefiles is often subject to criticism; it 
has been described by Eric S. Raymond as "one of the worst design botches 
in the history of Unix" and The Unix-Haters Handbook said "using tabs as 
part of the syntax is like one of those pungee stick traps in The Green 
Berets".'

Gee.  I wonder what these dudes would think of Python?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!