> no. could we solve this problem now? 4 byte alignment on pentiums is EVIL
> EVIL EVIL. its worse than either zero or 16. Its a total waste of space.
Can you prove this claim?
I've seen results that show 4 byte alignment is *better* than 16 byte on a
pentium because it reduces the cache footprint. Of course, this may be only with
certain hardware.
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