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		Twisell on March 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Collapse of the Unix Philosophy Tab are actually more eco-friendly than space. Just think of the energy lost sending 4 characters instead of 1 in every uncompressed json/xml actually moving around because lazy people don't mind suppress them before sending it over the network...

rumcajz on March 3, 2017 [–]

and imagine how annoying it gets when you are punching a punchcard.

magentaboy on March 3, 2017 | [–]

We would punch up a program card to put on the drum in our IBM 029 card punches to set the tab stops, and let the tab key do its job.

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