proposed language change to int/int==float (was: PEP0238 lament)

Frank "Cookie Jar" Lomax lomax at pumpichank.com
Wed Jul 25 10:55:57 EDT 2001


    >   To many of us, programmers, 1/2 is 0 with 1 as a reminder:)
    > We are like children, and any child will say _for sure_ that 1
    > cookie for two children means one cookie for 1 child and 0
    > cookies for another:)

No, 1 cookie for 2 children always means no cookies for either child,
lots of crumbs for the dog to lick up, and years of therapy for the
entire family.

proof-that-integer-division-causes-thousands-of-disfunctional-families-
    per-year-and-must-be-abolished-ly y'rs, - frank




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