ok i wrote that thing on not copying c's bad features then i instantly realized this is isomorphic to my sylph post https://eev.ee/blog/2016/12/01/lets-stop-copying-c/ …
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I’d argue CPU designers are to blame for negative modulo. All they give us is http://x86.renejeschke.de/html/file_module_x86_id_137.html …
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x86 strikes again
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Compare ARM64, which has div but no mod (GCC implements it via sdiv). Easier to vary semantics https://godbolt.org/g/QQX98k
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(Snarky way to put it: basically once again ARM wins and people are way too uncritically accepting of x86.)
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