On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Fred van der Windt <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been wondering about the type of algorithms that this >> instruction was meant for. I know of some cases where you're >> interested in "any ones" but OC would do that. Or is emphasis >> on "string" as null-terminated sequence of bytes? But >> counting bits in a text string does not make much sense either... > > Probably for managing bitmaps for memory- or file allocation tables....?
Right you are. I was thinking they only did new instructions to help compiler writers... | Rob
