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

Jim

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