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Re: Huh? When did that happen? (exponentiation and integers)
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"Mark J. Reed" <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:49:27 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Nigel Garvey
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> "Mark J. Reed" wrote on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:04:41 -0400:

>>What does the "div 1" accomplish here?
>
> 'it mod 100000000' is [...] real too

Ah, right.  Just used to languages where "mod" is integer op.  More
useful when it's not, of course (mod 1 to get the fractional part of a
value, etc.). Thanks.



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Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]>

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