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Calculate the parity p of the integer variable i : 0 if it contains an even number of bits set, 1 if it contains an odd number of bits set.
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parity(Number) -> parity(Number, 0).

parity(Number, Count) when Number band 1 == 1 ->
        parity(Number bsr 1, Count + 1);
parity(Number, Count) when Number > 0 ->
        parity(Number bsr 1, Count);
parity(_, Count) ->
        Count rem 2.