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jsnell
5300 days ago
I'm not sure if you're joking, but that hex number isn't a count. It's a reference to a specific instance of an elegant solution to a problem (the fast reciprocal square root function from Quake).
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pjscott
5300 days ago
For those who are curious, Wikipedia has a fascinating explanation, and the C code in question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root