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Re: Q: bit shifting

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On 10/11/2011 9:30 AM, Robert Wessel wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:58:35 +0000 (UTC), timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim
> McCaffrey) wrote:
>
>> In article<92s697p3lu7f1ei913uipatg70ba6ip9dn@4ax.com>,
>> robertwessel2@yahoo.com says...
>>>
>>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:45:57 +0200, Terje Mathisen<"terje.mathisen at
>>> tmsw.no">  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tim McCaffrey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, doesn't matter, nobody is going to change the instruction set
>> now...
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>
>>>
>>> There is perhaps some hope - consider that Intel did mostly replace
>>> the x87 stuff (obviously it's still there, but it's certainly not the
>>> preferred FP ISA for new stuff).  They also added LZCNT to replace the
>>> messed up BSF.  Perhaps it's more than just an off chance given just
>>> how badly shifts are messed up for 64 bit code now.
>>
>> It is sometimes hard to track this, but I think AMD introduced that
>> instruction....
>
>
> Indeed they were.  And only recently adopted by Intel.  I was not
> aware of that.


Would somebody like to summarize why BSF was messed up, and how LZCNT is 
better?

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Q: bit shifting Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2011-10-07 13:31 +0200
  Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 12:17 +0100
    Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-07 17:35 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-10-07 09:31 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 17:16 +0100
          Re: Q: bit shifting Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-10-07 23:13 -0700
            Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-08 09:56 +0100
              Re: Q: bit shifting Andrew Reilly <areilly---@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-10-08 21:28 +0000
              Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 15:05 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Sean Case <seancase@tpg.com.au> - 2011-10-16 23:15 +1000
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-19 20:12 +0000
      Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-07 12:24 -0500
        Re: Q: bit shifting Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp@harrekilde.dk> - 2011-10-07 19:27 +0200
          Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-08 10:41 +0200
            Re: Q: bit shifting Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp@harrekilde.dk> - 2011-10-08 11:28 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting Andrew Reilly <areilly---@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-10-08 21:38 +0000
            Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-08 22:57 -0500
              Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-09 08:18 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2011-10-19 15:08 +0200
            Re: Q: bit shifting Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 16:41 -0700
              Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-12 07:55 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-12 10:21 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-12 21:22 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-10-13 11:00 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-13 20:32 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting Mike Hore <mike_horeREM@OVE.invalid.aapt.net.au> - 2011-10-11 17:08 +1100
  Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-07 12:49 -0700
    Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 21:20 +0100
    The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-10-07 19:48 -0700
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) Mark Thorson <nospam@sonic.net> - 2011-10-07 19:56 -0800
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-10-08 04:53 +0200
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-10-08 17:26 +0000
    Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-08 10:47 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-08 12:27 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-09 08:07 +0200
          Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-09 12:36 -0700
            Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 09:06 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-10 15:31 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 18:13 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-10 20:27 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 23:45 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-10 17:32 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 14:58 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 11:30 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-10-11 10:05 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 17:59 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 18:00 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Al Grant <algrant@myrealbox.com> - 2011-10-11 13:49 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Al Grant <algrant@myrealbox.com> - 2011-10-11 14:18 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 16:03 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-10 09:52 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-10-09 12:24 +0000
          Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-09 13:13 +0100
  Re: Q: bit shifting Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2011-10-09 10:11 -0700

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