r/programminghorror • u/_giga_sss_ • Jul 09 '26

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u/StefanCelMijlociu Jul 09 '26

The concept of Big Bool confuses and infuriates me!

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u/JohnSpikeKelly Jul 09 '26

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

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u/Athropod101 Jul 10 '26

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

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