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From: Florian Weimer <fw@delos.lf.net>
Subject: Re: Modular type. What is it and why?
Date: 1999/04/11
Date: 1999-04-10T22:24:56+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3n20g3yh3.fsf@deneb.cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7egmbf$tgi$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com

Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:

> And a difficulty is that the resulting types are called
> modular types, instead of unsigned types, resulting in
> exactly the confusion represented by the original
> question here.

In addition, division doesn't work as expected if the modulus is prime
(at least from a mathematical point of view). :-/




      parent reply	other threads:[~1999-04-11  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-04-05  0:00 Modular type. What is it and why? Staffan Dittmer
1999-04-05  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-05  0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-04-06  0:00   ` Mike Silva
1999-04-06  0:00     ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-04-06  0:00     ` Marin David Condic
1999-04-06  0:00       ` Mike Silva
1999-04-06  0:00         ` bglbv
1999-04-07  0:00         ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-04-07  0:00           ` Mike Silva
1999-04-07  0:00             ` Stephen Leake
1999-04-08  0:00             ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-04-06  0:00     ` Mike Silva
1999-04-07  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-07  0:00         ` Bret
1999-04-11  0:00         ` Florian Weimer [this message]
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