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From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: Modulus (Re: hashing function for strings)
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Date: 25 Feb 90 15:35:35 GMT
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Robert D. Silverman <bs@linus.UUCP> wrote:
>Huh? This statement has absolutely nothing to do with what I said.
Grr, semantic difficulties.  I think I agree with your position, but
not with your phrasing.

Anyway, more silliness:  ADA has both "rem" and "mod", and its integer
division rounds towards zero.  (e.g., (-A)/B = -(A/B) = A/(-B))
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Felix Lee	flee@shire.cs.psu.edu	*!psuvax1!flee