On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:28 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > Back in the days when it was invented (in 1950), binary multiplication was > done > by shifting and adding. Shifting was fast, but adding took significantly > longer. [snip]
That was very interesting. I still use shift operators all the time to multiply or divide by powers-of-2, although it's probably no faster these days. Many years ago I read that it was, and the habit has stuck. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
