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Re:Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know by bcl on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @04:04PM (#681477)
Absolutely! Some of the examples, depending on the core architecture, could benefit from a table lookup, but all are good tools to have in the box.
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Re:Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know by pkrumins on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @04:14PM (#681493)
Exactly! And you can get these questions even in job interviews. If you want to score the intervieews, then you better know the quick ways!
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Re:Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know by ramchip on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @10:10AM (#682651)
I like bit twiddling, but I'm not sure I'd take the job if a primary concern of the interviewer is whether I know the quick way to find the lowest-order bit in a 64-bit int...
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