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From: mcgrath@uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Right shift vs. divide
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 12:48:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 12:48:00 1986
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Nf-From: uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU!mcgrath    Jan  6 11:48:00 1986


Such shifting is handy for bit fiddlin' with masks or addresses.  E.g.,
'I want to build a bit pattern in bits 15-8' is easy to do by computing
the mask and shifting left.  (Sure you can do it other ways, too.)