On 11 Aug 2014, at 22:24, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > >> My conclusion is (a % b) in C is a remainder operator and NOT modulo >> operator. > > Yes. The first edition of K&R mistakenly referred to it as modulus > (apparently based on the PDP-11 instruction which was similarly misnamed). And I bet that happened because originally the hardware was supposed to compute the correct modulus but they couldn’t get it to work! It’s so amazing to realise how a simple naming error can cause such repercussions…………… I wonder if the original PDP-11 designers realise what they did?!? Dave _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
