>obvioulsy you did not write the essay on bad programming practices. but i did wonder if you knew what is wrong with indenting with tabs?
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>12) Never underestimate how much havoc you can create by indenting with tabs instead of spaces, especially when there is no corporate standard on how much indenting a tab represents. Embed tabs inside string literals, or use a tool to convert spaces to tabs that will do that for you.
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>brenda

Every editor seems to interpret tabs differently and programmers use tabs, spaces, and combinations of the two in the same file. This means that when you open the file in a different editor, the indentation can bounce all over the place.