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Most languages call % "modulo", but implement it as a remainder operation.
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Considering that we seem to have at least 4 different definitions of %¹², drop the operator and use function names instead.
¹ Boute, Raymond T. (April 1992). "The Euclidean definition of the functions div and mod". ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems. ACM Press (New York, NY, USA). 14 (2): 127–144. doi:10.1145/128861.128862.
² Leijen, Daan (December 3, 2001). "Division and Modulus for Computer Scientists"
Most languages call
%"modulo", but implement it as a remainder operation.Considering that we seem to have at least 4 different definitions of
%¹², drop the operator and use function names instead.¹ Boute, Raymond T. (April 1992). "The Euclidean definition of the functions div and mod". ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems. ACM Press (New York, NY, USA). 14 (2): 127–144. doi:10.1145/128861.128862.
² Leijen, Daan (December 3, 2001). "Division and Modulus for Computer Scientists"