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Subject: Re: String Processing Instruction
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Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 20:00:15 EST
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Summary: spoiler!

In article <985@mips.UUCP>, earl@mips.UUCP (Earl Killian) writes:
> Quiz: what are the magic constants that need to be loaded into t0 and
> t1 to make this work?

Let's see... How about

	t0 = 0x7efefeff
	t1 = 0x81010100

Is that right?  If so, it appears to work only for 7 bit characters (but
we admit that such a restriction is reasonable in real life)...

(This is a fun problem but probably a bit too hard for use in interviews.)

Mike Johnson
Brian Case
Tim Olson