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Subject: Re: Which editor do you use?
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:27:39 -0400
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Charles Sandmann wrote:
> "Rugxulo" <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com> wrote in message
>
>> An 160k file of mine can be shrunk to 130k if I convert spaces
>> to tabs. But actually it .ZIPs up to approximately the same
>> size either way, so it's less of an issue.
> 
> 1) Files with tabs compile directly (30K always saved, can't say
>    the same about compressed files)
> 2) That 30K reading and writing from disk on editors adds up over
>    the years
> 3) The compile speed is marginally faster since there are fewer
>    chars to process
> 4) I'll haunt you *FOREVER* if you say disk space is cheap and it
>    doesn't matter ;-)

Disk space is cheap, but it does matter.  You are allowed to
decompress the source files before compiling them.  The complete
source package, with make files etc., can be kept in a .zip file. 
The source file with spaces will take up less room than the source
file with tabs IN THAT .zip FILE.

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