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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization:	INTI
To:	"Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:08:03 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: 64k demo
In-reply-to:	<00ea01bda399$4f778a80$364e08c3@arthur>

"Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net> wrote:

> >No! if you apply >> and << to an unsigned you get logical stuff. The
> arithmetic
> >is used only for signeds.
> 
> 
> Ahh, I see. Can you not do it "manually", though? 

Isn't "manually" is pretty automatic the shifts in C are designed to 
allow power of 2 div/muls.

> Also, can you do a ROL/ROR
> in C or do you have to use inline ASM? And what about "shift with carry?"

As all these things are architecture dependent you must do it 
with inline assembler. 

I think they could be part of the language but the C core isn't a 
thing that's changed often ;-).

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