On 10/09/2007, Bryan Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not according to the C standard: > > When integers are divided, the result of the / operator is > the algebraic quotient with any fractional part discarded.(87) > If the quotient a/b is representable, the expression > (a/b)*b + a%b shall equal a. > [...] > 87) This is often called ''truncation toward zero''. > > [International Standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999, Section 6.5.5 > Multiplicative operators, Paragraph 6 and footnote 87]
This seems most logical to me. Turbo C is against the standard, then. > > while Python is always consistent and returns positive remainders. > > Technically: > > The modulo operator always yields a result with the same sign > as its second operand (or zero) > > [http://docs.python.org/ref/binary.html] > Again, logical. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list