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Re: Super newbie C questions
« on: June 29, 2008, 10:06:22 PM »
It's called e-penis. Sorry, there's no other way to explain it. Keeps the code short, it's a magic cookie, it gets people fired in situations where code has to be audited.
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Re: Super newbie C questions
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2008, 10:12:55 PM »
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The reason it is shifted is that each bit represents a unique flag, IIRC, so you can have as many as 32 unique flags.


Depends on the compiler.
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Re: Super newbie C questions
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2008, 10:23:09 PM »
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On any compiler for the Classic Amiga, it is much faster AFAIK.


You're probably right.
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