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#
# num = 884736454
# count = 0
#
# while num > 0:
#    count = count + (num & 1)
#    num = num >> 1
#
# print count

# This MIPS assembly language program mimics
# the Python program by using the div instruction
# to determine if a number is odd (has a one in the least
# significant bit) and to divide it by 2.

main:
  lui $t0, 13500      # the number 884736454
  ori $t0, $t0, 454
  ori $t1, $zero, 0   # loop count
  ori $t2, $zero, 2   # the constant 2

while:
  beq  $t0, $zero endwhile
  andi $t3, $t0, 1
  add  $t1, $t1, $t3
  srl $t0, $t0, 1
  j while

endwhile:
  jr $ra