Am 06.04.2004 um 22:29 schrieb Ian Piumarta:
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> C99 requires the division and modulus operators to truncate towards 
> zero (consistent with Fortran).  Since C99 is already here, you 
> _should_ count on it.

How about we disallow // and \\ in the Slang translator to make sure 
that anyone using it is aware of the differing semantics? We would 
introduce #div: and #mod: generating explicit code rounding towards 
negative infinity and use #quo: and #rem: to get the C99 meaning. The 
error message when translating code with // or \\ should explain the 
difference, and point out that in most cases one will want to use #quo: 
or #rem:.

What this buys us is that we can rely on the simulator doing the same 
as the Smalltalk code. Which is important, IMHO.

- Bert -