From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.programming,comp.lang.clipper,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada,comp.databases.xbase.fox,alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [BBC] Programmers who use spaces 'paid more' Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 20:00:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: <_9B1B.213777$gM7.90022@fx44.am4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net SV0IuDIzJ4AEhzffgS8Q0AgTguIjmy/YOR5HGcSUm4xPVlmpmP Cancel-Lock: sha1:zXPJkPTgSk5xTaMD5QF2f1dkDAQ= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: [BBC] Programmers who use spaces 'paid more' Thread-Index: AdLpcWAZLVVyX9aiZ0GwH7bV7YHy2g== Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.programming:20026 comp.lang.clipper:3026 comp.lang.c:191517 comp.lang.ada:47024 comp.databases.xbase.fox:174 alt.conspiracy:352427 Date: 2017-06-19T20:00:30-07:00 List-Id: On 6/18/17, 4:03 PM, in article MPG.33b0d0e32e40d66b98ad93@news.eternal-september.org, "J. Clarke" wrote: > In article <_9B1B.213777$gM7.90022@fx44.am4>, per.s.sandberg@bahnhof.se > says... >> >> This makes perfect sense ! >> >> But this is the same class of statistics that tells you that milk is >> causing accidents since the number of children in injured in car >> accidents in an area is direct proportional to the consumption of milk >> in the same area. > > OK, so tell us what is the third factor that results in programmers who use > spaces being paid more than programmers who use tabs. Could be programmers of certain ages or from different sources of education learn one or the other method. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.