A Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages (urbanmainframe.com)

// 25.May.2009

Hilarious take on the evolution of computer programming. I love this: 1940s - Various “computers” are “programmed” using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate. [via]

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Comment by: Kevin Spencer on 26th May, 2009 •Permalink
I had a tabs vs spaces discussion just today. Spaces for the win then I feel, and I introduced someone to the concept of ‘set expandtab’ in their .vimrc
Comment by: Jonathan Hollin on 31st May, 2009 •Permalink
It’s tabs for me, everytime. Sorry Kevin.