>"Doesn't hurt to know it, sure, but it's entirely not useful for a large majority of developers these days" I read about a lot of things that are not immediat

>"Doesn't hurt to know it, sure, but it's entirely not useful for a large majority of developers these days" I read about a lot of things that are not immediately useful for me. Still somehow it falls into nooks and crannies of my brain and helps me to solve various problem when / if need arises. I do not even remember the exact things but general understanding of what is available and how does it functions approximately. If I need details Google does the rest. >"It's a lot easier to understand: display.disable();" No arguments about this one. Even though I do work with bits sometimes I wrap those into something digestible like your example. Inlining helps not to use performance when it is needed.