(idea) by ApoxyButt Mon Jun 19 2000 at 18:21:30
You can do this with two bit strings using only three XOR's. For instance, take the strings a=0010, b=1011. 

a = a XOR b = 1001
b = a XOR b = 0010
a = a XOR b = 1011

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