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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.

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