On Thursday, 09/05/2002 at 02:40 AST, "Paul Franz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Dividing by a multiple of 2. This is faster than using the /  operator.

Yup.  Good for multiplying, also. (though / is often more expensive than
*).

FWIW, optimizing compilers regularly recognize and exploit this
opportunity.

-blair

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