> almost certainly will never win any medals for speed ... The language is slow, awkward, and ugly I suspect the answer is probably moot. But I also think tha

> almost certainly will never win any medals for speed ... The language is slow, awkward, and ugly I suspect the answer is probably moot. But I also think that the answer would depend on what the bytes are being used for, how large the chunks are, etc. CPU cache utilisation is influenced by many factors, and can't be deduced from examining the data structure alone.