> Him: Hi, I've seen most of you guys write code with 4-spaces tabs.
> Me: Right.
> Him: I think you should be using 8-spaces.
> Me: Why?
> Him: Well, Linus Torvals recommends it.
> Me: Right.

heh, as for tabs he is right because RFC-678 states
that horizontal tabs should be 8 character positions.
Indentation is a different issue.