On 11 Aug 2014, at 22:26, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2014, at 3:15 PM, koko <k...@highrolls.net> wrote: > >> When either a or n is negative, the naive definition breaks down and >> programming languages differ in how these values are defined. > > But that is only because what you call the "naive definition" is incorrect. > The actual definition is precise and covers that case, and some programming > languages just do not implement it. > If there were an Integer mod function in the Standard C Library, hopefully, people would start using this and only use % in the case of remainder. Otherwise the temptation is to handle it specially in your code one place at a time rather than calling a function, which makes testing and maintenance a nightmare. 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
