SHL / SHR approx is a little pointless in BlitzMax at least it seem so. I've tried most you can find on the net and the result is that GCC is just too over optimized to have any use for this "old old school tricks" or internally already applies them all and even more :-)
This after all is a good thing, unless you are one of those approx gurus that wanted to use all its own formulas ^^
This after all is a good thing, unless you are one of those approx gurus that wanted to use all its own formulas ^^