for / while else doesn't make sense
Rustom Mody
rustompmody at gmail.com
Mon May 23 02:46:24 EDT 2016
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]
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