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0 pointsDylan168074y ago0 comments

"just"? That's 2 additions, 2 shifts, and 2-3 bitwise operations, while the other method is 1 addition, 1 shift, and 2 bitwise operations.

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I would think optimizing compilers can optimize this expression to the one in the article, but I tried it on godbolt and they don't.

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