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From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re:  Two Birds with One Stone
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 23:43:51 EST
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Most C applications have no need to use bitwise operators.
&& || and ! are well-defined for any arithmetic quantity,
regardless of the base.  Bit operations are certainly
useful at times, such as when twiddling device registers
or when writing bitmap display code, but I feel they are
often used when they're not appropriate.

If anyone is seriously interested in ternary bases, check
out Vol. 2 of Knuth.