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  • $\begingroup$ If one still wants to take the logarithm route, BitLength[] is one function to look at... $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 8:39
  • $\begingroup$ @J.M. what are you thinking? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 8:43
  • $\begingroup$ Aaah, I should have dug deeper in the documentation :-(. I knew about Log10[], but didn't know there was a Log2[] as well. Thanks. (No need for Taylor here) $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 8:51
  • $\begingroup$ @stevenvh I don't think your question has been answered but I'm not sure it can be by anyone other than the Mathematica developers. Nevertheless given the vastly superior performance of BitAnd it apparently isn't anything special. :^) $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 8:54
  • $\begingroup$ "what are you thinking?" - well, BitLength[] is effectively equivalent to Log2[], so... $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 9:41