A friend wrote this a while ago, might help illustrate how the cache
works, and why alignment is important.
http://cg.andersjakobnilsson.se/cache.php
Edwin Eyan Moragas wrote:
> hi list,
>
> i was looking at the source and i found this in luaconf.h:
>
> #define LUAI_USER_ALIGNMENT_T union { double u; void *s; long l; }
>
>
> i really don't understand the term 'alignment' as of yet.
> tried looking for some kind of explanation of this in the net
> to no avail.
>
> anybody willing to explain this? links for resources would
> also be greatly appreciated.
>
> thank you.
