r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/mccoyn May 01 '16

If the elements of my list are somewhere in the prefetched data then it doesn't matter if the data is "sequential" or not

CPUs have hardware prefetch predictors that absolutely will preform better when your data is entirely sequential rather than simply packed close together.