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From: Tim Pierce <twpierce+usenet@mail.bsd.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: 10 Reasons Why Scheme is Better Than C/C++
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In article <32A59F44.6D4@netright.com>,
David Hanley  <david@netright.com> wrote:

>	Maybe I just went to a bad school, but was learned about something
>called "integers" first.  If i remember correctly, when dividing these
>"integers" 1/3 the correct result was zero.

The result when dividing 1 by 3 is zero, remainder 1.  If C's
division operator says that dividing 1 by 3 is zero remainder
zero, it should probably go back to kindergarten.

(Wasn't that a useful argument?)

