response to reddit comment http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/25xpre/bjarne_stroustrup_why_you_should_avoid_linked/chmedsf?context=1

vec_vs_list_vs_link_benchmark.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <chrono>

int entries = 10000;

typedef struct node {
        int val;
        struct node * next;
} node_t;

void add_to_list(node_t **list, int value){
        node_t *tmp = *list;
        node_t * new_node = (node_t *)malloc(sizeof(node_t));
        new_node->val=value;
        new_node->next = NULL;
        if( value <= tmp->val){
                new_node->next = tmp;
                *list = new_node;
                return;
        }
        while( tmp->next ){
                if( value <= tmp->next->val ){
                        new_node->next = tmp->next;
                        tmp->next = new_node;
                        return;
                }
                tmp = tmp->next;
        }
        tmp->next = new_node;

        return;
}
void remove_from_list(node_t **list, size_t element){
        size_t location = 0;
        node_t *tmp = *list;
        node_t * parent;

        if( element == 0 ){
                *list = tmp->next;
                free(tmp);
                return;
        }
        while(tmp){
                if( location == element ){
                        parent->next = tmp->next;
                        free(tmp);
                        break;
                }
                location++;
                parent = tmp;
                tmp = tmp->next;
        }

}
void print_list(node_t *list){
        node_t *tmp = list;
        while( tmp != NULL ){
                std::cout<<tmp->val<<" ";
                tmp = tmp->next;
        }
        std::cout<<"\n";
}
template<typename C>
void insert_ordered(C& c, typename C::value_type x)
{
        typename C::iterator i = std::find_if(c.begin(), c.end(),
                std::bind1st(std::less<int>(),x)
        );
        if (i == c.end())
                c.push_back(x);
        else
                c.insert(i, x);
}

template<typename C>
void erase_element(C& c, size_t member)
{
    size_t i = 0;
    typename C::iterator it = c.begin();

    for( size_t i = 0; i < member; i++ ){
     i++;

    }
        c.erase(it);
        return;

}
template<typename C>
void dump(C& c ){
        for ( typename C::iterator it = c.begin(); it != c.end(); ++it){
            std::cout << *it << ' ' ;
        }
        std::cout << "\n";
}

typedef double Seconds;
inline Seconds GetTimeNow()
{
    using namespace std;

    return chrono::duration_cast<chrono::duration<Seconds, std::ratio<1> > >(chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
}


int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
        int r;
        int debug = 1;

        if(argc == 1)
        {
            std::cout << "invalid input\n";
            return 1;
        }
        if( argc > 1 ){
                entries = atoi(argv[1]);
        }
        if( argc > 2 ){
                debug = atoi(argv[2]);
        }
        time_t seed = time(NULL);

        // constructors used in the same order as described above:
        std::vector<int> test_vector;
        std::list<int> test_list;
        node_t *test_link = NULL;

        Seconds vec_start = GetTimeNow();   // get time now
        srand(seed);
        for (int i = 0; i < entries; ++i){
                 insert_ordered(test_vector, rand());
                if( debug == 1 )
                         dump(test_vector);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < entries; ++i){
              if( test_vector.size() == 1 ){
                 erase_element(test_vector, 0 );
                }else{
                erase_element(test_vector, rand()%(test_vector.size()-1) );     

                }
                if( debug == 1 )
                        dump(test_vector);
        }
        Seconds vec_end = GetTimeNow();

        Seconds list_start = GetTimeNow();   // get time now
        srand(seed);
        for (int i = 0; i < entries; ++i){
                 insert_ordered(test_list, rand());
                if( debug == 1 )
                         dump(test_list);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < entries; ++i){
              if( test_list.size() == 1 ){
                 erase_element(test_list, 0 );
                }else{
                erase_element(test_list, rand()%(test_list.size()-1) );         

                }
                if( debug == 1 )
                        dump(test_list);
        }


        Seconds list_end = GetTimeNow();

        Seconds link_start = GetTimeNow();   // get time now
        srand(seed);
        test_link = (node_t *)malloc(sizeof(node_t));
        test_link->val = rand();
        test_link->next = NULL;
        if( debug == 1 )
                print_list(test_link);

        for (int i = 1; i < entries; ++i){
                 add_to_list(&test_link, rand());
                if( debug == 1 )
                         print_list(test_link);
        }
        int members = entries;
        for (int i = 0; i < entries; ++i){
              if( members == 1 ){
                 remove_from_list(&test_link, 0);
                }else{
                remove_from_list(&test_link, rand() % (members-1));

                }
                members--;
                if( debug == 1 )
                        print_list(test_link);
        }


        Seconds link_end = GetTimeNow();   // get time now


        double vec_seconds = vec_end - vec_start;
        double list_seconds = list_end - list_start;
        double link_seconds = link_end - link_start;
        std::cout<<"Vector ran in "<<vec_seconds<<" seconds\nList ran in "<<list_seconds<<" Seconds\nLink ran in "<<link_seconds<<" Seconds\n";
        return 0;
}

This isn't iterating anything:

for( size_t i = 0; i < member; i++ ){
 i++;
}