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Subject: Re: Fruit 1.0 64-bit

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 18:44:36 03/29/04

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On March 29, 2004 at 14:36:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:

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>That reminds me of my first attempt at "bit fields" in C 25 years ago.  Signed
>bit fields to be precise.  Ugliest assembly code I ever examined, trying to
>figure out why it was so slow.  Puked for days...

Are unsigned bit fields slow? Obviously they aren't slow due to any sign
extension, but it seems like I've heard they aren't recommended where
performance counts. Maybe whoever I heard that from was using the signed variety
though.



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