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Author: Henry S. Warren Jr.

📘 Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren Jr.

This book offers a collection of small programming tricks that the author has used over many years. It is intended for programmers and hackers who work with computers that use two's-complement representation for integers. The book deals with tasks such as counting the number of 1-bits in a word and adapting these tricks to machines with different register sizes. It does not cover advanced topics like sorting or compiler optimization.

First publish date: 2003

Genre: Technology & Computing/Programming

Authors: Henry S. Warren Jr.

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