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The xor trick has no practical value. Sorry.
by moonchild 4y ago
The xor trick has no practical value. Sorry.
- sicp-enjoyer 4y agoI agree it isn't normally helpful on a modern computer, but that's a strong statement. What if you need to swap large storage spaces with no extra memory? Isn't there still old hardware out there especially in aerospace that could benefit?
- lscharen 4y agoIt was useful in single accumulator processor architectures since it could avoid one memory store.