> With this in mind, I wrote a small function to traverse the hierarchical tree and convert it to this simple array. Then we yeet the hierarchical data out of e

> With this in mind, I wrote a small function to traverse the hierarchical tree and convert it to this simple array. Then we yeet the hierarchical data out of existence. This is the classic AoS vs SoA [1]? SoA can be composed arbitrarily and feels more natural to design. But SoA is usually optimal for the hardware. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AoS_and_SoA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AoS_and_SoA