Re: Bit swizzling

Kaz Kylheku <793-849-0957@kylheku.com>
Sat, 5 Sep 2020 20:15:50 +0000 (UTC)

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From: Kaz Kylheku <793-849-0957@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 20:15:50 +0000 (UTC)
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Posted-Date: 05 Sep 2020 16:21:49 EDT

On 2020-09-05, Rick C. Hodgin <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are there any existing algorithms which examine the operations that
> must be conducted and then create an optimized / minimal sequence of
> mechanical steps to conduct it given a constrained set of features
> (such as those present on a given CPU)?


For mapping 8 bit quantities to other 8 bit quantities, you can always
use a 256 byte look up table.


Of course, it's not practical for larger spaces. Still, it may be possibel to
identify the possibility of involving multiple smaller look-up tables.



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