Re: Re^3: A better mod (%) operator?

Saw that too. Begs the question: Why does it exist?

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Re: Re: Re^3: A better mod (%) operator? by theorbtwo (Prior) on Jul 09, 2002 at 17:35 UTC
Because it's one wicked cool hack to be able to write perl with inline assembler. The biggest problem is that the asm isn't portable between threaded and nonthreaded versions of the same version and arch of perl. We are using here a powerful strategy of synthesis: wishful thinking. -- The Wizard Book	[reply]
Re^5: A better mod (%) operator? by tadman (Prior) on Jul 09, 2002 at 16:51 UTC
For those occasions when you've got to do what you've got to do, probably. There are some things you just can't do in C alone, though they are rare.	[reply]

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