On Sat, 20 May 2000 18:55:19 +0300 (IDT), Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote: >> 2. promoting integer divisions to float sounds quite stupid to me: >> (x/y) * y + x % y == x should always hold true in any sane language > >Ummmm.... > >1/2 == 0 > >Seems sane to you? Yes. If I want .5, I'll write 1/2.0