I think this practice is generally good for "most fast things" I noticed that https://github.com/kparc/ksimple/blob/31370a2c799a2a0e491d52be6fded818b50d3908/a.h

I think this practice is generally good for "most fast things" I noticed that https://github.com/kparc/ksimple/blob/31370a2c799a2a0e491d52be6fded818b50d3908/a.h#L10 https://github.com/kparc/ksimple/blob/31370a2c799a2a0e491d52... uses this approach too (this is the core of the k apl which is used in finance and engineering industries so very fast for data processing applications. Not sure how it fares in a more general setting but wouldn't be surprised if it was also competitive.