in reply to Re^5: Efficient bit-twiddling in Perl.
in thread Efficient bit-twiddling in Perl.

I think that proves my point in Re^3: Efficient bit-twiddling in Perl.
I am stunned by the 20% gain you get, and wonder if that would differ per perl version and/or architecture.

It absolutely will, but as I said in the OP, this is for me, on my hardware. Not an exemplar for anyone else.

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