for / while else doesn't make sense

[Rustom Mody]

On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 12:01:08 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Rustom Mody :
> 
> > Haskell has (almost) what I learnt at school:
> >
> > Prelude> let (q,r) = 7 `divMod` 3
> > Prelude> (q,r)
> > (2,1)
> 
> Python:
> 
>    >>> divmod(7, 3)
>    (2, 1)
> 
> > Replace the strange `divMod` with / and we are back to the behavior I
> > first learnt at school
> 
>                                                                X
> We never used '/' in school for anything. We used 'X : Y' or '---'.
>                                                                Y
> 
> Anyway, every calculator in the world produces:
> 
>    1
>    ÷
>    2
>    =
> 
>    ==> 0.5

Not true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iynCW9O_x58
[And ive seen such 40 years ago]