I see a few arguments here which suggest people think tab-users might care less about their code and/or their fellow coder. As someone who slightly prefers tabs and abhors mixing of tabs/spaces, I find this frustrating.
I generally prefer tabs because I feel that they're more egalitarian: I like 4-space indentation, but don't want to force that on everyone encountering my code. Similarly, I find 2-space indentation very hard to parse in most languages, so I don't want that affecting me if I can get away with it. While this is possible with spaces and maybe a series of Git hooks, it's trivial with tabs.
On the other hand, I always use spaces in languages like Python or Ruby where there are well-codified style standards. I also always show invisible characters on any editor which allows it, and have cleanup scripts to ensure that whitespace is standardized across any non-vendor code in the project.
Maybe most tab users don't feel this way? Maybe most aren't as careful/picky as I am? Maybe tabs are more popular with younger devs? But I feel like tabs can offer more interoperability than spaces when many coders are working on the same project when the language/community doesn't strongly specify whitespace.
I generally prefer tabs because I feel that they're more egalitarian: I like 4-space indentation, but don't want to force that on everyone encountering my code. Similarly, I find 2-space indentation very hard to parse in most languages, so I don't want that affecting me if I can get away with it. While this is possible with spaces and maybe a series of Git hooks, it's trivial with tabs.
On the other hand, I always use spaces in languages like Python or Ruby where there are well-codified style standards. I also always show invisible characters on any editor which allows it, and have cleanup scripts to ensure that whitespace is standardized across any non-vendor code in the project.
Maybe most tab users don't feel this way? Maybe most aren't as careful/picky as I am? Maybe tabs are more popular with younger devs? But I feel like tabs can offer more interoperability than spaces when many coders are working on the same project when the language/community doesn't strongly specify whitespace.