Re: [PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Rosanne DiMesio]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:35:07 -0500
Austin English  wrote:
> I recall hearing this rule in school from some older teachers (use two
> spaces when starting a new sentence). However, at most some teachers
> would do it in things that they typed, but it was never a requirement
> for students, and it is not a common practice in my experience..

I'm old enough to remember it. It goes back to the days of typewriters using monospaced fonts; the purpose was to improve readability by making the breaks between sentences clearer. It died with the advent of personal computers, but a surprising number of people still think it is the rule.