[M3devel] integer division rounding?

[Mika Nystrom]

Jay K writes:
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>Modula-3 apparently specifies integer division as rounding down.
>http://www.modula3.com/cm3/doc/reference/arithmetic.html
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>C used to leave it unspecified. So it could be fast.
>Fortran rounded to zero.
>C's ldiv function rounds to zero.
>C now rounds to zero with C99.
>  The rationale was that nobody using Fortran seemed to mind.
>Java apparently rounds toward zero.
>C# apparently rounds toward zero.
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>I'm assuming we are stuck being different here?
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> - Jay
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This is because Modula-3 has MOD while C has "remainder" (%).

If you use the normal definition of MOD you're stuck with making
DIV match it I think...

    Mika