asow8@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-29 days agoIf I hear "% is a mathematical operator" one more time...message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days ago% is used in C and various other programming as the modulo “operator”. DDG calculator does explain itself by restating the input to mod(5,2). Computer programmers are just lazy and will steal any commonly understood symbol and reporpoise it to save a few key strokes.
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% is used in C and various other programming as the modulo “operator”. DDG calculator does explain itself by restating the input to mod(5,2).
Computer programmers are just lazy and will steal any commonly understood symbol and reporpoise it to save a few key strokes.