> Visiting the same number of nodes, but because the nodes are referenced from an array, when you load `a1` you're [probably] also going to load `a2` into the c

> Visiting the same number of nodes, but because the nodes are referenced from an array, when you load `a1` you're [probably] also going to load `a2` into the cache. Yep, the problem with a linked list is that you don't know the address of the next pointer, it could be allocated anywhere. However, if you have a continuous array, when you read the first item, you're also fetching the next items in the cache line.