system
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human
To check whether or not an integer is even, I assume that checking its last binary digit is faster and more effective than performing the rest of division operation. Is there any language that takes advantage of this?
gpt
C *may* optimize `bool is_odd(int x) { return x % 2; }` to do exactly that, yes. Whether or not the optimization is performed is an implementation detail, and is dependent on the compiler used and the optimization flags passed to the compiler.