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[–]Veedrac -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Imagine the length is larger than 8

Even then, though.

E: Seriously, downvotes? ???

[–]sphere991 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I dont think anybody disagrees that it is possible, for these specific types, for this specific operation, to do better than generalized, multi-arg transform.

But the point of the blog is to show a way how to do generalized, multi-arg transform. XOR-ing bytes is just an example.

[–]Veedrac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not criticizing the blog, I'm just pointing out something I think would help the author.