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On May 19, 2014 5:26 PM, "Doug Currie" <doug.currie@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Btw., does anyone know who invented integer division as defined in C in the first place? Is it used outside of programming?
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> Euclid?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_division
I'm not *that* old, but I think the first reaction of some of us was "integer division in C is defined?"
This is clearly the result of intentionally forgetting C99's choice of how to deal with negative numbers.