From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 10:50:15 PM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > If not, what's the issue?   
   > >   
   > It doesnt work - It breaks segmentation.   
   >   
   > 0x5555 = 0101010101010101   
   >   
   > 0x0005 = 0000000000000101   
   >   
   > So adding those two to get 21 bits ...   
   >   
   > Shifting 0x5555 5 bits left gives 0X0AAAA0   
   >   
   > Adding 0x0005 gives ...   
   >   
   > I get 0x0AAAA5   
   >   
   > 0x5333 = 0101001100110011   
   >   
   > 0x2225 = 0010001000100011   
   >   
   > Adding those two to get 21 bits ...   
   >   
   > Shifting 0x5333 5 bits to the left gives 0x0A6660   
   >   
   > Adding 0x2225 gives...   
   >   
   > I get 0x0A8885   
      
   Crikey. Talk about a misunderstanding.   
      
   Now repeat the above calculations using these values:   
      
   0x5555:0x0005 vs 0x5333:0x0a71   
      
   Segmentation isn't broken, it's just different. That's   
   the entire point of the proposal.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
      
      
      
   C:\>hex2dec 5555   
   21845   
      
   C:\>zcalc 21845*32+5   
   Calculated Value is 699045.000000   
   Thank you for using the calculator   
      
   C:\>dec2hex 699045   
   aaaa5   
      
   C:\>hex2dec 5333   
   21299   
      
   C:\>zcalc 599045%21299   
   Calculated Value is 2673.000000   
   Thank you for using the calculator   
      
   C:\>dec2hex 2673   
   a71   
      
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