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I'm not sure zip is used enough to add it to the language but since they are also using it for tracking the index maybe that is the primary use case.

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The example of using SoA memory layout is not there just as a random example. We hope for Zig developers to employ DOD principles whenever appropriate, which is not going to be that rare in a low-level programming language like Zig.

Andrew has a full talk about how the Zig compiler benefits tremendously from DOD:

https://vimeo.com/649009599?embedded=true&source=video_title...

Honestly working with them in a column oriented way makes a lot of sense. I wonder though if that should just be handled at the struct level? i.e. ask for row vs column layout.

How would it work with userspace memory allocators?

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