That is. Table is 'not optimized object code' compared to lists. So you should ask: why your object code is not optimized (and it slow loaded and slow rendered on my PC :).

Premature optimization is literally a waste of life.

Do not waste a life! You should use optimizing compiler ;)

How old is your computer? I've found news.yc load times are close to instant.

Haha...I can imagine its a quad core, 4 gigs of ram and running vista.

:)

Right!

>How old is your computer?

On the internet, it shouldn't matter. :)

My computer is fast :) I told "YOU should ask: why your object code is not optimized (and it slow" (instead of "why you use tables").

Motorhead, Accept, Iron Maiden -- dedicated to programmers :)

SP-Forth (http://spf.sourceforge.net/) to program multithreaded applications, such as acWEB, acSMTP [.sf.net], Eserv/3 ( http://www.eserv.ru/ ) internet servers.

> it looks disturbingly like the 8-bit computer market from the early 1980s

No, handhelds is mature market with more than 10 years history. There is already known winner processor - ARM (of different vendors but compatible). Others (MIPS, SH3 and Motorola are gone).

Android is competitor for the Windows CE and Symbian. But WindowsCE still looks stronger. Android's one (and only one for now) strong feature - it's open license. Java - ... - hope they will replace it soon with something scriptable. Or just add something, if they want all this J2ME.

Yes, at the chip level, the ARM has won.

My point is that the APIs across phones are very much up for grabs.

An additional "strong feature" for Android is its price: free.

FORTH is programming language with RPL. Look forth.org

Can't locate a 'SEARCH in news' function.