From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <76e2892066e5eabb458fcec1702692dc@terzarima.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] More Microsoft bashing From: Charles Forsyth Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:46:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <775b8d190512152138g7ffaa837oe193f1556392a721@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: c91d1724-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 it's an old argument and at one time the choice of definition was almost a function of which side of the atlantic defined the language or processor. Ada compromised by providing both operations-- there's always room for one more-- calling them `mod' and `rem', with nothing left to chance.