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Resources to learn bitwise programming?

Asked 2009-07-22T20:12:44.237
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I am a c++ programmer and occasionally I'll come across some code that is using bitwise operators to manipulate things at the bit level, but I have no real understanding of those concepts. So I would like a resource to help me learn it so well that it becomes second nature. Does anyone know of good resources for this? A google search did not provide me much useful information. Maybe I'm not sure what to look for. Thanks!

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I absolutely love Henry Warren's Hacker's Delight book. The website for it offers Chapter 2 ("Basics") as a free sample which, despite the name, offers some fairly sophisticated bit manipulation tricks. It might not be the best place to start, but it's fantastic once you start to get comfortable with bit arithmetic.

answered 2009-07-22T20:22:21.113

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