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The Tabs vs. Spaces war is over, and spaces have emerged victorious
The great indentation war is over and it seems like we have a clear winner.
Languages such as Go, Odin, Hare, and Assembly explicitly recommend or rely on tabs, while C and C++ often leave indentation style to the discretion of individual projects or organizations, resulting in a mix of conventions. However, the prevailing preference for spaces reflects a broader trend in standardization, much like the global shift toward the metric system or the dominance of right-hand traffic, regardless of any perceived advantages offered by the alternatives. And while there are specific domains, such as aviation or seafaring, where systems like the imperial unit still prevail over the metric, the world at large has gradually converged on a common standard.
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