Serve Lau wrote: > What is the expected result of -1/2 in python? Python 3.0b1 (r30b1:64403M, Jun 19 2008, 14:56:09) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] n win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> -1/2 -0.5 as expected ;-) -1//2 is as Gary Herron specified from the manual, for reasons posted here several times and which should be in the FAQ