• PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    In general integer division is implemented using a form of long division, in binary.

    The point of my comment is that division in binary IS bitshifting. There is no other way to do it if you want the real answer. You can estimate, you can round, but the computational method of division is done via bitshifting of binarary expansions of numbers in an ALU.