rowledge at interval.com%INTERNET wrote:
> 
> On Mon 19 Jan, Gerardo Richarte wrote:
> > Christopher Oliver wrote:
> > >
> > > In my cryptology program, I need to rotate a 32 bit value by a multiple
> > > of eight bits.  I started with:
> You might find it worth adding a new prim to do this; it wouldn't cost much effort and would probably be a welcome addition to the system generally.
> Just another thought though - if you have a large number of values to do the same rotate to, it might work to use bitblt!

Tim,

For thoses of us who don't have a clue what you are talking about, would you
please elaborate?

Thanks,

John-Reed Maffeo - Squeak Guru Wannabe
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