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From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Creating several types from a base type and conversion
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:13:14 +0100
Date: 2020-01-18T17:13:14+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <qvvaqs$k9p$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0001HW.23D35416021671CF70000511B2EF@news.individual.net>

On 1/18/20 3:56 PM, Bill Findlay wrote:
> 
> Use the type:
> 
> mod 2**30
> 
> which provides all the bit handling you need.

Except for shifts and rotations, which most instruction sets provide. Shifts can 
be replaced by multiplication and division by powers of two. Rotations are a 
little more complex.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"He didn't get that nose from playing ping-pong."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-18 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-18  7:32 Creating several types from a base type and conversion Ken Roberts
2020-01-18 12:16 ` Simon Wright
2020-01-18 12:49   ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-18 14:56     ` Bill Findlay
2020-01-18 16:13       ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2020-01-18 18:20         ` Bill Findlay
2020-01-18 18:32           ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-01-18 20:34             ` Simon Wright
2020-01-20 16:38               ` Bill Findlay
2020-01-18 22:20       ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-18 15:09     ` Simon Wright
2020-01-18 22:16       ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-18 22:35         ` Simon Wright
2020-01-18 23:03           ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-18 23:38             ` Simon Wright
2020-01-19  0:12               ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-19  9:37                 ` Simon Wright
2020-01-19 11:48                   ` AdaMagica
2020-01-19 14:51                     ` Simon Wright
2020-01-19 15:24                       ` Niklas Holsti
2020-01-19 16:11                     ` Optikos
2020-01-19  0:33               ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-19  0:07         ` Niklas Holsti
2020-01-18 15:47     ` Simon Wright
2020-01-21 21:35     ` Shark8
2020-01-21 23:06       ` Niklas Holsti
2020-01-22  1:08         ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-22 14:18           ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-22  8:37       ` Simon Wright
2020-01-22 14:32         ` Shark8
2020-01-22 15:40           ` Simon Wright
2020-01-18 14:17   ` Optikos
2020-01-18 17:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2020-01-18 22:59   ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-19  0:30     ` Niklas Holsti
2020-01-19  1:07       ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-19  3:37 ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-23 21:39 ` Optikos
2020-01-24  9:35   ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-24 10:04     ` AdaMagica
2020-01-24 12:38     ` Optikos
2020-01-24 15:01       ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-24 15:22         ` Simon Wright
2020-01-24 15:40           ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-24 15:54   ` Simon Wright
2020-01-25 10:37 ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-25 10:44   ` Ken Roberts
2020-01-25 20:26   ` Shark8
2020-01-27 14:10 ` Ken Roberts
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