Re: << and >> operators in c#

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Ben wrote:
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the purpose of these operators.
Now, I know what they do. They shift bits either left or right.
But I don't know why would anybody want to do that. I've never seen
anyone using it in his/her code.
Any ideas?

it is a tragic mistake that an operator that is tailor made for piping
and adding to lists, is reserved instead for such a trivial, seldom
used operation. If you want to shift bits, better to have a new literal
operator:
bunchOfBits shiftleft 2 ;

-Steve

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