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Memory Optimization (Christer Ericson, GDC 2003)
http://realtimecollisiondetection.net/pubs/GDC03_Ericson_Memory_Optimization.ppt

Cache coherency primer (Fabian Giesen)
https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/cache-coherency/

Code Clinic 2015: How to Write Code the Compiler Can Actually Optimize (Mike Acton)
http://gdcvault.com/play/1021866/Code-Clinic-2015-How-to

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ANSI Escape Sequences

Standard escape codes are prefixed with Escape:

• Ctrl-Key: ^[
• Octal: \033
• Unicode: \u001b
• Hexadecimal: \x1B
• Decimal: 27

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// color1 and color2 are R4G4B4 12bit RGB color values, alpha is 0-255
uint16_t blend_12bit( uint16_t color1, uint16_t color2, uint8_t alpha ) {
	uint64_t c1 = (uint64_t) color1;
	uint64_t c2 = (uint64_t) color2;
	uint64_t a = (uint64_t)( alpha >> 4 );
	// bit magic to alpha blend R G B with single mul
	c1 = ( c1 | ( c1 << 12 ) ) & 0x0f0f0f;
	c2 = ( c2 | ( c2 << 12 ) ) & 0x0f0f0f;
	uint32_t o = ( ( ( ( c2 - c1 ) * a ) >> 4 ) + c1 ) & 0x0f0f0f;