Part 3

Chapter 08: Sensors

Sensors are the interface between the physical world and computation.

 
“Use the following formula to turn off the rightmost 1-bit in a word x, producing 0 if none (e.g., 01011000 → 01010000): x&(x − 1).”
— Henry S. Warren Jr., "Hacker’s Delight", Addison-Wesley, 2003.
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