[Tutor] Magic numbers

[Phil]

On 5/8/21 7:32 pm, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:

Thank you everyone for your replies, I didn't expect so much interest.
> Incidentally, why are you using bit shifting rather
> than regular arithmetic?

I'm simulating a shift register that can shift either left or right. I 
start with bit 0 equal to one and shift it to the right until I hit the 
most significant bit , for example 128 for an 8 bit shift register, and 
then reverse the shift until I return to bit zero. Looping forever to 
create a Cylon effect (everyone remembers Lorne Green in Battlestar 
Galactica, don't they?). An and mask is applied to determine the status 
of each bit which in turn controls the state of my array of on-screen LEDs.

It all works as expected and I cannot think of any more enhancements, at 
the moment, so now I'm looking for a new project.

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Regards,
Phil