say what you will about Num and its related class hierarchy, at least it distinguishes integer remainder from integer modulus
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meanwhile java-and-friends are still confusing the shit out of themselves referring to the remainder operator as the modulus operator
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FYI, the language spec calls it the remainder operator. It's the subsequent texts and observers that talk about a modulus operator.
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I am pretty sure I saw "modulus" referring to reminder in other places, in pascal it is spelled `mod`
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didn't Basic had that too? (div & mod)
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