We <i>really</i> shouldn&#x27;t get into this, but I can&#x27;t help myself.<p>- Every single text editor that&#x27;s come after notepad.exe has had automatic tab&#x2F;space conversion. Pressing tab inserts N spaces, pressing backspace un-indents N spaces, etc.<p>- In some languages, this is not a feature. 2-character tabs, using two tabs to indent for alignment:<p><pre><code>    var myVar = 1,
        otherVar = 2,
        anotherVar = 3;
</code></pre>
Opened later in an editor using 4-character tabs:<p><pre><code>    var myVar = 1;
            otherVar = 2,
            anotherVar = 3;
</code></pre>
- {}[]&lt;&gt; and more aren&#x27;t used for anything close to their original literary intent.