On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:18:01 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> 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
> 
> What you want is binary rotations. ;-)

That depends on whether the bits actually get rotated.  From my 
recollection of x86 assembly, it's a shift, not a rotation. :)

Jim

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