On 24-8-2010 18:11, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:41:13 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> On 8/23/2010 10:53 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> "Shifting the decimal point" isn't a recognised mathematical operation,
>>> well, it wasn't when I took maths.  Multiplication and division are.
>>> Just because one takes a shortcut doesn't mean it's a different
>>> operation.
>> Shifts are perfectly legitimate mathematical operations. Many of the
>> things computers do couldn't be done easily without a shift operation :P
> 
> Binary shifts are multiplication and division as well. :P

yes and no. Conceptually yes, in a hardware implementation on a chip no.
That is why they are so much cheaper than real multiplicatons and 
division. The same goes for wetware. But I appreciate your stubbornness.

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