<div dir="ltr">I think that since Miller is a self-described math geek, the difference is that [mod] behaves like the mathematical (mod n). [%] is the modulo operator used by computer science.<br><br>If my memory serves me, in number theory and abstract algebra, the m (mod n) notation is used to define a subset of the integers (called a congruence class) which contains n-1 elements. <br>
<br>For example, 5 (mod 3) == 2. Likewise, -5 (mod 3) == -2 (mod 3) == 1 (mod 3) == 1. Note that my use of == here represents congruence and not necessarily equality.<br><br>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic</a> for a much more informed discussion of this topic.<br>
<br>~Kyle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Max <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abonnements@revolwear.com">abonnements@revolwear.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
maybe someone could explain _what_ the difference is?<br>
that would be enlightening vor everybody.<br>
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