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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: new instructions
Message-ID: <GHJB_T1@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 24 May 91 21:15:52 GMT
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In article <1991May24.175323.9730@netcom.COM>, craig@netcom.COM (Craig Hansen) writes:
> The C code below uses the well-known doubling technique
> to count ones in a bit string of arbitrary length.

Yow. How about combining it with Duff's Device to *really* make it confusing,
and allow the bit string to start on an arbitrary byte boundary.
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Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"