Monthly Archives: January 2013

Why division remainder and modulus are not the same

It’s simple really. What’s (4-6) mod 12? There’s two ways of thinking about this: the right way and the wrong way. One is modular arithmatic. If you don’t know what that is, think of a clock: if it’s 5 o’clock, … Continue reading

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how autocomplete should work

Auto-completion (of words previously typed, member function suggestions, etc.) is both useful and annoying. It is useful because it saves typing. It is annoying because it visually hides other parts of the document, distracts, and blocks keys (worst when you’re … Continue reading

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