Re: bitcount32: replace lengthy comment with SWAR reference

From: Andriy Gapon <avg_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 23:59:16 +0300
on 07/05/2011 23:22 Stefan Bethke said the following:
> 
> Am 07.05.2011 um 12:47 schrieb Kostik Belousov:
> 
>> On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 12:58:11PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that the SWAR reference should be more concise and should lead an
>>> interested reader to more information on the topic (and more up-to-date as well).
>>>
>> SWAR acronim seems to be a wikipedia invention. Without the abbreviation,
>> the trimmed down comment looks better, IMHO.
> 
> How about a proper reference, for example Warren's Hackers Delight (p. 65)?

Hm, what makes that reference proper or more (most) proper?
My top google results for SWAR seem to point to materials created by inventors
of the algorithm.

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Andriy Gapon
Received on Sat May 07 2011 - 18:59:22 UTC

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