Re: A82: hl*16

Re: A82: hl*16

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• Subject: Re: A82: hl*16
• From: Jeremy Wazny <j.wazny@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au>
• Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:40:45 +1100 (EST)
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Hmmm, that should say: "... upper bound on the value hl can have...".
My advice: stick with the 4 add's.

> 
> If there's an upper bound on the value l can have at that point in the
> program that is <= 127 it is faster (but will cost you an extra byte) to
> sll l. In the general case, 4 adds looks pretty tight. 
> 
> -Jeremy
> 
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Doug Torrance wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is there a better way to multiply hl times 16 than adding it to itself 4 
> > times?
> > 
> > 	add hl,hl
> > 	add hl,hl
> > 	add hl,hl
> > 	add hl,hl
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Doug
> > 
> > 
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• Re: A82: hl*16
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