count of bits set in a long

[David B.Anderson]

In article <md.654260871 at achilles>, md at doc.ic.ac.uk (Mark Dawson) writes:
> In <3820 at goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> ok at goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
> >There's a rather nice loop that does one iteration per bit, and works
> >for any size ...
> 
> Here it is:

See Harbison & Steele, C A Reference Manual,
first and second edition, Pages 174-176.

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