Re: bitwise operators(info)

From	Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: bitwise operators(info)
Date	2012-01-28 05:16 +0000
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On 2012-01-28, Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:
> On 1/27/2012 8:06 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>
>> In fact an int is represented in binary on any conforming
>> implementation; see C99 6.2.6.2.
>
>      I've invented a four-state device that is 7% faster, 18% less
> power-hungry, and 31% cheaper to manufacture than a pair of two-
> state devices.  I'm building a revolutionary new computer based on
> these devices, storing values as 0,1,2,3 "quits" instead of as pairs
> of 0,1 "bits."  Is my C implementation doomed to be non-conforming?

I always suspected you'd be calling it quits.

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bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 13:56 -0800
  Re: bitwise operators(info) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-01-27 22:03 +0000
  Re: bitwise operators(info) "Morris Keesan" <mkeesan@post.harvard.edu> - 2012-01-27 17:35 -0500
    Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 16:22 -0800
  Re: bitwise operators(info) Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-27 16:52 -0800
    Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-27 17:06 -0800
      Re: bitwise operators(info) Harald van Dĳk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 19:06 -0800
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-28 11:33 +0000
          Re: bitwise operators(info) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-28 13:46 -0500
            Re: bitwise operators(info) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-28 19:01 +0000
            Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-28 22:41 +0000
              Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-28 21:19 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-29 02:13 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-29 14:59 +0000
                Re: bitwise operators(info) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-29 10:51 -0500
                Re: bitwise operators(info) ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-01-30 10:25 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 06:00 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-31 14:30 +0000
                Re: bitwise operators(info) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-31 10:06 -0500
          Re: bitwise operators(info) Harald van Dĳk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2012-01-28 12:34 -0800
      Re: bitwise operators(info) Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-27 22:56 -0500
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-27 20:30 -0800
          Re: bitwise operators(info) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-01-29 09:27 -0500
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-28 05:16 +0000
  Re: bitwise operators(info) Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-01-27 21:44 -0700

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