On Jan 9, 8:56 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote: > Bit fiddling of this kind has always been the "poster child" for > high-level language inefficiency, though it is seldom needed in > practice. True, and Woz made perhaps the best effort in Disassembly Lines: http://www.txbobsc.com/aal/1986/aal8612.html#a9 Cheers, Nick.