*** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: [fpc-devel] -1 mod 3

[Thaddy]

Vinzent Höfler wrote:
> Thaddy wrote:
>> Or maybe a new switch: COMPUTATIONALLYWRONG_MATHEMATICALLYCORRECT 
>> ON/OFF?
>> Although an assumed standard, lot´s of modern calculations depend on 
>> a mod being able to assume a negative value.
>
> Conceptually it's just the difference between "modulo" (mod) and 
> "remainder" (rem). Some computer languages have distinct operators for 
> those:
>
> So the "mod" in Delphi/FPC is just called wrong. ;)
>
>
> Vinzent.
And impractical.. <smile> As implicitly stated before, I am a bit 
ambiguous on this issue.
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