> Where do you read that I'm talking about emulating popcount in software? I mean exactly the opposite. Because you wrote this: > Did you know that it's stipu

> Where do you read that I'm talking about emulating popcount in software? I mean exactly the opposite. Because you wrote this: > Did you know that it's stipulated in the RISC-V spec that instructions not present in the hardware can be emulated in software? apparently in reference to the B extension which includes popcount.