Re:Data-Oriented Design
by incrudible on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:10PM
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> you may start wanting to use such approaches to data for everything
Please, dont. Arrays of structs is more natural for a reason, SOA is not universally faster and it has some of its own performance problems. If you really care about performance, AOSOA may well be your best bet. Again, please dont use it for everything.
> a dhcp pool full of cats is half the fun
Replacing the weird code that the last guy wrote for his own amusement is not fun.
Please, dont. Arrays of structs is more natural for a reason, SOA is not universally faster and it has some of its own performance problems. If you really care about performance, AOSOA may well be your best bet. Again, please dont use it for everything.
> a dhcp pool full of cats is half the fun
Replacing the weird code that the last guy wrote for his own amusement is not fun.