It's an old hat but still once in a while it strikes me as funny that machines that provide us with cutting edge fast big hot expensive data processors (PCs, gaming consoles, graphix subsystems, linux servesr) still seem to attract a lot of "old school" speed oriented software written in "old school" strongly typed languages with basically early binding and tight coupling to TCA (target computing architecture) provided by rather agressive optimizing compilers provided by either the cpu manufacturer or nice but slightly deranged geeky speed measurbator guys. That software (browsers, games, word processors, grafic editors ...) Those SWs also use little to none AGC (automatic garbage collection).

The second type is often disappointing and shallow. Mobile mail is working now, 30 years after its invention and will soon become terrible when version 2 will be a mighty social communityware client.