This is actually the only way to do integer arithmetic in Javascript (without the array types introduced by WebGL). It's how asm.js signals integer math as well

This is actually the only way to do integer arithmetic in Javascript (without the array types introduced by WebGL). It's how asm.js signals integer math as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asm.js#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asm.js#Examples