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From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Brian Westley)
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Subject: modulus fn with negatives
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Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 10:18:55 EDT
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<Arthur bruised his upper arm>

Should ((-2) % 3) equal -2 or 1?  Our machine returns -2, but the posted
corewars game seems to assume a%b always returns 0..b-1; is modulus for
negative lefthand args well defined?  What about Pascal mod function?
Modula Modulus?  Accepted mathematical definition of modulus?
						Merlyn % Leroy