Cool article, I feel like I learned more about linked lists in a 5 minute read than over a few classes in college.
Plus, I love that it references Vera Molnar - hand executed algorithm art is not that widely known, and people always look at me as if I have two heads the first time I bring up the topic.
xosted -- thought it might be interesting. Talks about the invention of hypertext (1965!), old movie editing methods where computers didn't have the memory for it, etc.
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MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
On modern computers, linked lists are rarely a good option for performance. The overhead of the memory allocator and the non-sequential layout (which results in CPU memory cache misses) means that dynamic arrays are surprisingly faster even for random inserts on very long lists.
catarina@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
Cool article, I feel like I learned more about linked lists in a 5 minute read than over a few classes in college.
Plus, I love that it references Vera Molnar - hand executed algorithm art is not that widely known, and people always look at me as if I have two heads the first time I bring up the topic.
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Interesting how much I take our way of working for granted at this point.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
xosted -- thought it might be interesting. Talks about the invention of hypertext (1965!), old movie editing methods where computers didn't have the memory for it, etc.