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diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 59ca6e37..7a3369e8 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, SyncCout);
 #define sync_cout std::cout << IO_LOCK
 #define sync_endl std::endl << IO_UNLOCK
 
-// `ptr` must point to an array of size at least
-// `sizeof(T) * N + alignment` bytes, where `N` is the
-// number of elements in the array.
+
+// align_ptr_up() : get the first aligned element of an array.
+// ptr must point to an array of size at least `sizeof(T) * N + alignment` bytes,
+// where N is the number of elements in the array.
 template <uintptr_t Alignment, typename T>
 T* align_ptr_up(T* ptr)
 {
@@ -78,6 +79,39 @@ T* align_ptr_up(T* ptr)
   return reinterpret_cast<T*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>((ptrint + (Alignment - 1)) / Alignment * Alignment));
 }
 
+
+// IsLittleEndian : true if and only if the binary is compiled on a little endian machine
+static inline const union { uint32_t i; char c[4]; } Le = { 0x01020304 };
+static inline const bool IsLittleEndian = (Le.c[0] == 4);
+
+
+// RunningAverage : a class to calculate a running average of a series of values.
+// For efficiency, all computations are done with integers.
+class RunningAverage {
+  public:
+
+      // Constructor
+      RunningAverage() {}
+
+      // Reset the running average to rational value p / q
+      void set(int64_t p, int64_t q)
+        { average = p * PERIOD * RESOLUTION / q; }
+
+      // Update average with value v
+      void update(int64_t v)
+        { average = RESOLUTION * v + (PERIOD - 1) * average / PERIOD; }
+
+      // Test if average is strictly greater than rational a / b
+      bool is_greater(int64_t a, int64_t b)
+        { return b * average > a * PERIOD * RESOLUTION ; }
+
+  private :
+      static constexpr int64_t PERIOD     = 4096;
+      static constexpr int64_t RESOLUTION = 1024;
+      int64_t average;
+};
+
+
 template <typename T>
 class ValueListInserter {
 public: