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    Tomato  vs. Tomahto
    Bug     vs. Feature
    Tabs    vs.  Spaces

Either approach introduces about as many problems as it solves. I personally like being able to line things up with a few extra spaces to give some hints to my future self regarding the structure of my code.

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Except for Tabs, obviously. All those problems are space-specific ;)

You didn't notice I right justified then. My peeve with embedded tabs is they are editor-defined and generally too wide.

    i       = 0.0;
    Tomato  vs.     Tomahto
    Integer vs. Doubles
    Integrals       vs.     Derivatives

Are you really using an editor that doesn't let you define your tab widths? I couldn't name a single modern IDE that lacks that feature.

(and extra points to the grandparent for the ironically mis-spaced "tabs vs. spaces" chart!)

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