indentation preference and personality

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This question is similar in spirit to :

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492178/links-between-personality-types-and-language-technology-preferences

But it is based specifically on indentation (spaces vs tabs and the number of spaces).

The reason I am asking here instead of searching is because I remember seeing a specific document writing about this. If I remember correctly, it also talked about why Linus prefers eight spaces.

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