Data and Statistics
2026-03-15 23:17
Status: #child
Tags: #software #statistics
Data and Statistics
Data is the type, frequency, quantity, shape, and probability.
A common misconception is that the main upside of data-oriented programming is the reduction of cache-misses. Structure your objects in a nice way and separate the cold from the hot and you are good.. right?
Data-oriented design is in fact much more than structure organization.. One must always ask the questions:
- Who reads this data?
- How often?
- In what order?
- What systems modify it?
- What transformations happen per frame?
Once again, data-oriented design is centered all around data. Object-oriented design is centered around the problem definition. Objects are not real things but an abstract representation of the context in which the problem will be solved.