In article <2025Nov10.074620@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>,   
   Anton Ertl  wrote:   
   >dxf  writes:   
   >>I can't think of that many instances where I've used signed division.   
   >   
   >When Gforth switched from symmetric to floored for / MOD, etc., there   
   >were no complaints that I remember.   
   >   
   >This lack of complaints indicates that division with negative operands   
   >either does not occur, or that it occurs, but the users wanted floored   
   >division and have not used the earlier symmetric /, MOD etc., but have   
   >used FM/MOD instead.   
      
   Indeed. The intent of the 94 standard was that one can choose   
   where it matters and ignore where it doesn't matter.   
   That makes the choice less important.   
      
   >- anton   
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