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On 12/12/2011 3:09 AM, Gregory Ewing wrote:

> people who don't become programmers, I suspect they never
> have much use for remainders in everyday life.

Huh? Funny you should say 'everyday'. It is now 10 o'clock. In 20 hours, 
it will be (10+20) % 12 == 6 o'clock. It is now day 1 of the week. In 9 
days it will be day (1+9) % 7 == 3 of the week. Mental calculations are 
helped by the fact that (a+b) % c == a%c + b%c, so that would actually 
be 1+2==3. Timekeeping is mostly remaindering, slightly obscured by 
using 12 instead of 0.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy