Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Uses for unusual instructions Message-ID: <1989Nov30.171354.7744@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1743@l.cc.purdue.edu> <1989Nov27.173555.19673@fxgrp.fx.com> <5446@internal.Apple.COM> <15300@haddock.ima.isc.com> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 89 17:13:54 GMT In article <15300@haddock.ima.isc.com> suitti@anchovy.UUCP (Stephen Uitti) writes: >...[bit counting] Could >this task be done efficiently without the instruction? Probably. Certainly. Use table lookup a byte at a time. "Never recompute what you can precompute." -- Mars can wait: we've barely | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology started exploring the Moon. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com