Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 17:51:21 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystr.RWSystems.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compiler likes tabs better than spaces?? (was Re: ..logging (the problem is fixed)) Message-ID: <361D4FF9.F4A9CA63@softweyr.com> References: <4.1.19981007131531.0408a100@mail.lariat.org> <Pine.LNX.3.91.981008112249.7204D-100000@rwsystr.RWSystems.net> <199810082218.QAA29900@mt.sri.com>
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Nate Williams wrote:
>
> [ Moved to -chat, as this is really not security related... ]
>
> > Tabs in source can compile a *lot* faster in large C++ source and
> > headers. I also used it over NFS to do *nix programming before I got
> > my vi-feet...
>
> Now, this is one of those statements I *really* like to see, since it
> has no basis on factual data. Using tabs vs. spaces won't make your
> program compile measurably faster. Whoever told you this was smoking
> something....
Or compiling on an NFS mount over a 300-baud PPP link. <Snort>
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