From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8309f2bc055237c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Randy Brukardt" Subject: Re: Bit manipulation Date: 2000/11/20 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 695977457 References: <8u8v6n$b7o$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <2WTH$pdrCfOd@eisner.decus.org> <8ub6kt$6nd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8ubeq8$cgm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A0D38E9.BB87D8CD@mindspring.com> <8uoq5g$of6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8up1j4$uqe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@alpha.net X-Trace: homer.alpha.net 974767512 156.46.62.124 (Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:45:12 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:45:12 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-11-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote in message <8up1j4$uqe$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... >We do indeed! The Bit_Order attribute in Ada talks ONLY about >numbering of the bits, it does NOT provide a facility for >reversing bits AT ALL! So that is why you should read the >documentation carefully. Norman Cohen has also written a useful >piece on Bit_Order, it is in one of the relevant AI's. Perhaps >someone can give the reference. The Cohen paper is in AI-133. That version is in plain text; there is a better PDF version (in which you can see the diagrams - a big help) available on the ACAA web site in the "grab bag" area. (The ACAA web site is found at www.ada-auth.org/~acats; I can't check the exact URL of the Cohen paper since I'm not connected to the net at the moment. Randy Brukardt (ARG Editor)