From: "Derrick B." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-24T07:21:34+09:00
Subject: Re: simple division: -9 / 5 = -2 what?

Carlo E. Prelz wrote in post #1090035:

>
> I don't know which one is right, but I thought both C and Ruby were
> doing integer maths in the same way...
>
> Carlo

So did I until I translated a C++ homework assignment to Perl, then to 
Ruby.

(See my other thread if you do not already have enough to read.  heh  )

C++ and Perl are similar in how they round negative quotients of integer 
division , but from what I read in "The Ruby Programming Language" book, 
page 45, Ruby is opposite.

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