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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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