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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by messe on Sunday July 09, 2023 @06:33AM (#36653301)
I wouldn’t quite count it as bit-addressing, but x86, for example, can load bits directly into the carry flag using the BT instruction which can take a register or memory address as it’s first argument, with the bit being given as the second.
Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by jacquesm on Sunday July 09, 2023 @07:40AM (#36653663)
There have been all kinds of variations on that theme. One of the nicest is 'bit test and set' as an atomic instruction, that one enables a whole raft of nice stuff.