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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: AM29000 Booleans
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Date: Wed, 13-May-87 16:53:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 13 16:53:30 1987
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> If the multiply is by a constant known at compile time, it is usually
> better to perform the multiply as a series of shifts and adds, rather
> than a sequence of multiply-steps...

That's what I meant, actually; I just didn't say it very well.
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"The average nutritional value    Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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