Mixmaster (mixmaster@remail.obscura.com)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 01:59:36 -0700 (PDT)
"Bit count instructions—Version 3 of the (Alpha) architecture added instructions to count the number of leading zeros (CTLZ), count the number of trailing zeros (CTTZ), and count the number of ones in a word (CTPOP). Originally found on Cray computers, these instructions help with decryption." - http://www.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at/lehre/ra/ZusatzCOD2e/Survey_of_RISC_architectures.htm
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