“E2: Tabs aren't real.

Code is a text file, and text files are WYSIWYG. The reader should view the file exactly the same as the author wrote it. This is a low-overhead way of avoiding editor-dependence in code, which is as bad as browser-dependence in javascript. Sure, tabs aren't as big a deal as the hell that front-end devs have to deal with, but there's no reason to give an inch to the forces of platform-dependence.”


https://urbit.org/blog/precepts-discussion/