Re: Advanced Floats

On Jan 2, 2008, at 4:25 PM, fantasai wrote:

> If we want to extend something like this to containing blocks other  
> than
> the page, note that floating to the top of a box is relatively
> straightforward (although it requires a second layout loop), but  
> floating
> to the bottom only works without an iterative balancing algorithm  
> if the
> containing block is a fixed height.

Are iterative balancing algorithms difficult to write? Or do they  
slow the browser to a crawl or something?