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Interlacing has a small effect on transferring load between spokes, and it's traditional. On the other hand, if it does much of that then the spokes can fret and gall :)
In some circumstances, it has a slight positive effect on clearance between the spokes and the dérailleur or disc brake caliper, but that's irrelevant on a fixed rear.
Many wheels have been built without interlacing, mostly factory straight-pull designs.
TL;DR: Chill out, it probably doesn't make any worthwhile difference.