• @mellejwz@lemmy.world
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    42 years ago

    Not neccessarily wrong, but you could also check the first bit. If it’s 1 the number is uneven, if it’s 0 the number is even. That seems to be more efficient.

    • @dukk@programming.dev
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      42 years ago

      That’s what I was thinking too… Although, I wouldn’t be surprised if most languages convert modulo 2 to this automatically.

    • @herrvogel@lemmy.world
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      32 years ago

      Modern compilers and interpreters are smart enough to figure out what you’re trying to do and automatically do that for you.

    • @ziviz@lemmy.sdf.org
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      22 years ago

      Huh… That makes sense. Til. Ran some tests but speed is pretty similar. Only 4% faster using bitmath or 300 milliseconds difference after 10mil runs.