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I wouldn’t quite count it as bit-addressing, but x86, for example, can load bits directly into the carry flag using the BT instruction which can take a register or memory address as it’s first argument, with the bit being given as the second.



There have been all kinds of variations on that theme. One of the nicest is 'bit test and set' as an atomic instruction, that one enables a whole raft of nice stuff.




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