C puzzles
I really dislike his choice of coding style. Compare:<p><pre><code>  int CountBits (unsigned int x )
  {
      static unsigned int mask[] = { 0x55555555,
          0x33333333,
          0x0F0F0F0F,
          0x00FF00FF,
          0x0000FFFF
          } ;

          int i ;
          int shift ; /* Number of positions to shift to right*/
          for ( i =0, shift =1; i < 5; i ++, shift *= 2)
                  x = (x & mask[i ])+ ( ( x >> shift) & mask[i]);
          return x;
  }
</code></pre>
as opposed to:<p><pre><code>  int countBits (unsigned int x) {
    static unsigned int mask[] = {
      0x55555555,
      0x33333333,
      0x0F0F0F0F,
      0x00FF00FF,
      0x0000FFFF
    };

    int i;
    int shift; // Number of positions to shift to the right
    for (i = 0, shift = 1; i < 5; i++, shift *= 2)
      x = (x & mask[i]) + ((x >> shift) & mask[i]);
    return x;
  }</code></pre>