Bit twiddling in Java

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Subject: Bit twiddling in Java
From: "Wilson, Andrew, J" <andrew.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:57:16 +0100

I need to convert some IBM formatted floating point data from
a binary file so I can read into VisAd. This uses a different
number of bits for the exponent and mantissa than is used by
the IEEE representation. Can anyone point me at code or a
tutorial on bit-twiddling in Java?

Andrew

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