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Subject: Re: Binary question

Author: Severi Salminen

Date: 02:10:33 10/20/00

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>>How do I find n in a binary number 2^n? So f(1000b)=3? Now I just shift right:

>Easiest answer is look at the crafty source.  Intel has instructions
>BSF/BSR to do this.  Or you can do a table lookup.  Code for both
>approaches is included in Crafty.

How fast are BSF and BSR? I know that pure shifting is very fast, but how many
shifts do I have to do to be slower than BSR or BSF?

Severi



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