Keith Howell wrote:

> Hi Dmitry (Kiryashov)
>
> Thank you for writing. In response:
> ...

> 2. I'm aware of the Read-Modify-Write CPU access cycle effects.
>    I can see how this could cause confusion in byte operations, but not single
>  bits.

whoa there - if you need to change a bit in a byte, how are you going to NOT
changethe other bits without reading them?  Thus, changing a single bit demands
 a
RMW cycle.

Unless I've really missed something, which is highly possible ;-)

rusty