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-Thread: 103376,fc647120984c9ad2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Organization: jrcarter at acm dot org User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Way to use Ada Mod function on floats? References: <1164987168.477589.240140@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4571ac78_6@news.bluewin.ch> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1165184820 12.201.97.213 (Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:27:00 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:27:00 GMT Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:27:00 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:7797 Date: 2006-12-03T22:27:00+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: > > Perhaps 'Truncation would match "rem"? I haven't looked at it in > detail. OK. Some of the suggestions have actually been for "rem" equivalents, which may be why I was thinking along those lines. Ada is about the only language that provides both, and many use a name like "mod" for remainder functions. So, why don't you call your function "mod"? -- Jeff Carter "No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle, do you understand? Even--and I want to make this absolutely clear--even if they do say, 'Jehovah.'" Monty Python's Life of Brian 74