From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:11:48 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   >      printf("%d %d\n", iv / 2, iv % 2);   
      
   The interpretation in C of “/” being an integer operation with integer   
   operands, and float otherwise, is generally regarded as a Bad Idea. I   
   think it caught the infection from Fortran.   
      
   Python actually started out following this interpretation, then changed to   
   always returning a float, introducing the additional separate “//”   
   operator for when you explicitly want integer division.   
      
   Even PHP, bad as it is in other ways, did not follow the C mistake.   
      
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