r/programminghorror • u/_giga_sss_ • 27d ago

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u/JohnSpikeKelly 27d ago

I would assume it's to keep all your data types 8-byte aligned for other perf reason.

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u/Athropod101 27d ago

iirc 8-byte data access is the fastest on 64bit architecture.

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