From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6355 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2015 21:34:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 34243 Received: (qmail 1177 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2015 21:34:38 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Originating-IP: [86.6.153.127] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=AoZg3YNP c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=39NrsSuza2clQiZR/7fYWQ==:117 a=39NrsSuza2clQiZR/7fYWQ==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=4lHYofX4hhwWOwmpH4QA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:34:32 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Floating point modulus Message-ID: <20150111213432.197509eb@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <54B2E3EF.3080609@eastlink.ca> References: <1420807419-9270-1-git-send-email-mikachu@gmail.com> <54B013C5.6090307@eastlink.ca> <54B04A7A.1010402@eastlink.ca> <20150109223028.6e003bff@ntlworld.com> <54B066C5.3010008@eastlink.ca> <54B0D893.4080202@eastlink.ca> <510FB8E2-EA0C-4582-BD31-527E9755F0FB@larryv.me> <54B1ACA3.1050001@eastlink.ca> <150110175849.ZM21774@torch.brasslantern.com> <54B20E23.8090900@eastlink.ca> <150110231017.ZM24021@torch.brasslantern.com> <54B2CE31.1080908@eastlink.ca> <150111120042.ZM10088@torch.brasslantern.com> <54B2E3EF.3080609@eastlink.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:58:23 -0800 Ray Andrews wrote: > 1/2 + 1/2 = > > ... I think we'd all agree the answer is '1'. Why isn't it? Because > of past practice. This is complete nonsense and Bart already took the time to explain at length what is going on here and why. I'm not going to repeat it. The idea that "we'd all agree that..." implies (i) you don't realise that many of the people round here have been doing some of programming, shell or whatever, for a long time, and don't agree anything of the sort (ii) you simply can't even be bothered to read the explanations repeatedly given of why the world isn't the way you want it to be and why it can't be coerced by shouting at it. I'd strongly suggest at this point you take a couple of months out to learn a bit about programming languages, of which zsh is an example (and not actually a very good introduction in many ways as a bit of a hybrid) by actually doing something with them and a good book of exmples. Otherwise the sheer wasted time is getting to be quite ridiculous. pws