OpenOffice.org 3.0 released

OpenOffice.org 3.0 released

only the cells that actually is written something in exists in memory

Yes but they have to be addressed. A value of 0-1023 requires 10bits to address, and it's position can quickly and simply be resolved in just a few bytes of code. "Unlimited" requires scalable values, which means loops, conditional jumps, using memory rather than registers, everwhere the value is used (so a function the finds the left or rightmost cell of two or more cells becomes a lot more complex). Libraries like gmp do make doing this easier, but it's still nowhere as quick as a bit fixed width field where number of bits <= register size.

Alex

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