40. The apparatus of claim 39 , wherein said means for shifting bits in at least some of said registers further comprises means for shifting said bits by a number of bit positions based, at least in part, on a significance of differences represented in said registers.
40. The apparatus of claim 39 , wherein said means for shifting bits in at least some of said registers further comprises means for shifting said bits by a number of bit positions based, at least in part, on a significance of differences represented in said registers. 41. The apparatus of claim 40 , wherein said significance of differences are based, at least in part, on corresponding bit portions in said first and second binary strings.