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Re: mixed double and single signed division

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: mixed double and single signed division
Date 2017-04-23 19:12 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
> Which ones have you encountered in your work?

This happens all the time.  Like it's currently April (the 4th month of
the year) and suppose you want to know what month it was 6 months ago.
With floored mod, (4-6) mod 12 is 10, so it was October.  With signed
mod, it was the month -2, which is less informative.

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mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-22 08:21 -0700
  Re: mixed double and single signed division NN <november.nihal@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 09:14 -0700
    Re: mixed double and single signed division NN <november.nihal@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 09:22 -0700
      Re: mixed double and single signed division Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 23:31 +0200
        Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 06:44 -0700
          Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 13:24 -0700
      Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 06:41 -0700
        Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 13:29 -0700
  Re: mixed double and single signed division Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-04-22 11:40 -0500
    Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 06:52 -0700
  Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-23 13:02 +1000
    Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-22 17:58 -1000
      Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 13:36 -0700
        Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 16:33 -0700
          Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-24 13:23 +0000
            Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-24 18:49 -0700
        Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-24 13:12 +0000
          Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-24 18:35 -0700
            Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-24 15:52 -1000
              Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 02:18 -0700
              Re: mixed double and single signed division Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-25 02:25 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-25 11:30 +0000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-25 08:08 -1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-26 14:48 +0000
            Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-25 08:40 +0000
              Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 02:25 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 03:00 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-25 11:37 +0000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 05:27 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-04-25 13:34 +0000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 15:29 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-27 14:02 +1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-27 16:00 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-27 19:20 -1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-28 22:41 +1000
            Re: mixed double and single signed division Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 15:32 +0200
              Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-25 15:22 -0700
    Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 06:55 -0700
      Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-23 13:30 -1000
        Re: mixed double and single signed division krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2017-04-23 16:45 -0700
        Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-24 10:56 +1000
          Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-23 15:06 -1000
            Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 19:10 -0700
            Re: mixed double and single signed division Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 19:12 -0700
              Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-23 16:31 -1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 21:17 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-23 21:47 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 22:58 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 23:22 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-04-24 04:46 -0500
            Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-24 12:59 +1000
              Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-23 18:03 -1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-04-23 21:22 -0700
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-25 12:53 +1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-24 21:55 -1000
                Re: mixed double and single signed division "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-25 20:00 +1000

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