On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:

> 
> On 12 Aug 2014, at 17:11, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I’m not sure what you mean by dividing by a negative number is undefined?
>> 
>> It sure as hell better be defined, hadn't it? We wouldn't want a language 
>> where the basic math ops were that foobar'd!
>> 
>> Now in K&R C, the direction of truncation was undefined for division with 
>> negative integers, but C99 fixed that.
>> 
> 
> Yes, I saw that from the digging I did, I think that’s what he meant. 

Yes, that--I didn't realize that C99 fixed that as well. I just figured 
reasonable compilers handled it reasonably ;-) Although I thought there was 
still some issue with modulus implementations, but I don't recall exactly. 
Probably also old information.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Demystifying technology for your home or business"


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