From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,287e8ed2b0c0aabf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-31 12:26:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D483A0B.46EB2F7C@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Zeller's Algorithm References: <3D3DED1F.24DE3AC8@lmco.com> <3D46CA0E.BCD17D9C@none.provided> <3D470EEE.811F758D@lmco.com> <719a5d07.0207310251.8f1adef@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:26:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.74.216.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1028143602 66.74.216.166 (Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:26:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:26:42 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27529 Date: 2002-07-31T19:26:42+00:00 List-Id: Robert A Duff wrote: > Doesn't this make the % operator totally useless for negative numbers? Yes. > I mean, how do you write code that gets some useful "right" answer, > if you're doing % on negative numbers? You fix it manually, just like most other C gaffes. :-) x = a % 23; if (x < 0) x += 23; -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Things to be thankful for, #37: No sausage was served at the Last Supper.