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>  14.times do
irb#1(main):006:1* |i|
irb#1(main):007:1* puts "#{x} >> #{i} = #{x >> i }"
irb#1(main):008:1> end
4653896912 >> 0 = 4653896912 looks good
4653896912 >> 1 = 2326948456 looks great
4653896912 >> 2 = 1163474228 looks fine
4653896912 >> 3 =   581737114 looks alright
4653896912 >> 4 =   290868557 looks pretty
4653896912 >> 5 =   145434278 looks ok
4653896912 >> 6 =     72717139 looks nice
4653896912 >> 7 =     36358569 looks correct (that is an ugly one)
4653896912 >> 8 =     18179284 looks as it should
4653896912 >> 9 =       9089642 looks half of the above
4653896912 >> 10 =     4544821 looks as expected
4653896912 >> 11 =     2272410 looks superb
4653896912 >> 12 =     1136205 looks hey I am not a native speaker
4653896912 >> 13 =       568102 looks good for ruby and bad for some other
programming toys
=> 14

Cheers
Robert

--
Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la bóŐise humaine ; en ce qui
concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.

- Albert Einstein

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