From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2009-03-20T07:03:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Modulo ?

Michael Malone wrote:
> Many people I know and work with simplify the modulo operator to
> themselves as remainder, so mentally (whether or not it is correct)
> assume 0/7 = 0 r 7

Maybe I'm slow, but I don't get it.
You're saying that many people assume that x % y is the same as the remainder 
of dividing x by y, right? I don't see anything wrong with that.
If I understand you correctly, you're also saying that this assumption is 
wrong in the case of 0%7. I don't understand why that should be the case. The 
remainder of 0/7 is 0, right? And 0%7 is also 0, so where's the problem?

Still confused,
Sebastian