On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Alan Bawden wrote: > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:50:04 +0100 (BST) > From: Ben Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ah, yes, I think I got carried away with the cuteness of the idea and > didn't bother to check it was actually true. > > And it is a cute idea. My hat's off to you for having the original > inspiration!
I can't take credit for the original idea -- it was suggested to me by Simon Tatham. > You want symmetry? I'll give you symmetry... Under the revised definition > (bitwise-not (bitwise-bit-count x)) is equal to > (bitwise-bit-count (bitwise-not x))! Ooh, yes, that's neat. -- Ben Harris _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
